Mm. Mitrovic, CONNECTION BETWEEN GROWTH-RATE DISPERSION OF LARGE ROCHELLE SALT CRYSTALS AND GROWTH-RATE DISPERSION OF THEIR SEEDS, Journal of physical chemistry, 99(15), 1995, pp. 5438-5444
It has been shown that a strong correlation exists between the growth
rate of large Rochelle salt crystals and that of their seeds, although
the crystal seed-crystal border has many defects. Large crystals grow
at higher growth rates from seeds that grew at higher growth rates. P
rocesses of partial dissolution and refaceting of the crystals did not
essentially influence the growth rate of crystals. The connection bet
ween the growth rate dispersion of crystals and that of their seeds in
dicates that the mosaic structure of seeds is transmitted to crystals
developed from them.