A Statistical Rate Theory of Interface Concentration during Solution ZeoliteCrystal Growth

Hongwei Song, Olusegun J. Ilegbusi

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DOI: 10.4236/jcpt.2011.13006                

Abstract

A theoretical model is developed using statistical rate theory to determine the rate of molecular transport across the interface of a growing spherical zeolite crystal. The model is expressed in terms of the interface concentration. Two model constants appear in the expression for the equilibrium exchange rate. In order to validate the model, zeolite crystallization is investigated for a system for which experimental data exist. The model constants were first established using the measured growth rates at a specific temperature. Then the model was used to predict the growth rate at other temperatures.

Keywords

Zeolite, Crystal Growth, Statistical Rate Theory, Boundary Layer, Microgravity

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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