Ey. Shalaev et al., CRYSTALLINE AND AMORPHOUS PHASES IN THE TERNARY-SYSTEM WATER-SUCROSE-SODIUM CHLORIDE, Journal of physical chemistry, 100(4), 1996, pp. 1144-1152
The glass transitions, softening points, devitrification, and melting
have been determined by differential scanning calorimetry for the tern
ary system water-sucrose-sodium chloride over the accessible compositi
on range. X-ray diffraction was used to identify the devitrification i
n freeze-dried samples. Devitrification is due to NaCl crystallization
from the wholly amorphous mixtures and of sucrose or the ternary comp
ound sucrose. NaCl . 2H(2)O in the crystalline freeze-dried mixtures.
The part of the solid/liquid state diagram with glass transitions and
softening temperature surfaces and the line of the ''maximally'' freez
e-concentrated solutions are represented as projections on the composi
tion triangle.