Secondary nucleation in a class II system: Ammonium sulfate‐water

Abstract

Abstract Secondary nucleation at low supersaturation for the ammonium sulfate‐water system was studied using a seeded continuous crystallizer. Counter size distribution measurements in the subsieve size range indicated that nuclei are formed by microattrition of seed crystals and that the growth rate of the nuclei is very small. Nucleaion rate was correlated with the characteristics of the secondary environment. The results of this correlation, which shows strong dependence on stirring rate and essentially linear dependence on solids concentration, indicate that secondary nuclei are generated by collisions of the seed crystals with the impeller blades.