The rate of this process varies with the exponential of the interfacial energy cubed times molecular volume squared, and the critical radius at which it occurs equals twice the surface energy over the Gibbs volume energy.
The rate of this process varies with the exponential of the interfacial energy cubed times molecular volume squared, and the critical radius at which it occurs equals twice the surface energy over the Gibbs volume energy. Louis Pasteur used this process to separate the enantiomers of sodium ammonium tartrate. A purification technique making use of this process takes a slurry and dissolves impurities in a hot common solvent. This process requires a "seed" upon which (*) nucleation can occur; otherwise, during fusion, supercooling occurs rather than this process. Supersaturated solutions spontaneously undergo this process. For 10 points, name this process similar to precipitation which forms ordered, solid products from a solution.
The rate of this process varies with the exponential of the interfacial energy cubed times molecular volume squared, and the critical radius at which it occurs equals twice the surface energy over the Gibbs volume energy.
crystallization [or recrystallization; or crystal formation or same-knowledge equivalents; prompt on nucleation before it is read; prompt on precipitation; prompt on freezing]