On 02/08/12 06:49, Enrico Stura wrote:
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> On Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:08:23 +0100, Theresa H. Hsu
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>> A little off from the original question. Why don't small crystals
>> dissolve to make a bigger crystal, especially when the small ones
>> grow on top of each other?
Sometimes they do. Key phrase: Ostwald ripening.
http://xray.bmc.uu.se/terese/crystallization/tutorials/tutorial6.html
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