Am. Zikic et al., 3-PARAMETER DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION FIT TO GROWTH-RATE DISPERSION AMONGSMALL CRYSTALS, Journal of crystal growth, 158(4), 1996, pp. 560-567
This paper considers the advantages of using a three-parameter fit to
both log-normal and gamma distributions rather than the two parameter
fit normally used for the statistical treatment of growth rate dispers
ion among small crystals. It discusses the distribution functions, the
procedure of searching for location parameters and the optimal number
of bins for the best log-normal and gamma fits. As an example, the th
ree-parameter fit is applied to results of the growth rate distributio
ns of small paracetamol crystals. It is shown that the application of
three-parameter distributions yields both a better fit to the experime
ntal data than the two-parameter ones and the potential for a compound
statistical treatment of growth, zero-growth and dissolution among sm
all particles.