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J. Njrvlt, J. Ulrich Admixtures in Crystallization 0 VCH Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. D-69451 Weinheim (Federal Republic of Germany), 1995 Distribution: VCH, P. 0.Box 101161, D-69451 Weinheim, Federal Republic of Germany Switzerland: VCH, P. 0. Box, CH-4020 Basel, Switzerland United Kingdom and Ireland: VCH, 8 Wellington Court, Cambridge CBI lHZ, Great Britain USA and Canada: VCH, 220 East 23rd Street, New York, NY 10010-4606, USA Japan: VCH. Eikow Building, 10-9 Hongo I-chome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113. Japan ISBN 3-527-28739-6 Jaroslav Nfvlt , Joachim Ulrich Admixtures in Crystallization Weinheim - New York Base1 Cambridge - Tokyo Dr. Sc. Ing. Jaroslav Syvlt Priv.-Doz. Dr.-Ing. Joachim Ulrich Institute of Inorganic Chemistry Universitat I3remen of thc Academy of Scicnces Vcrfahrenstechnik/I;B 4 of the Czech Republic Postfach 330440 I’ellCova 24 D-28334 Bremen 16000 Prague 6 Germany Czech Kcpublic I 1 This book wascarefully produced. Nevcrthelcss, authors and publisher do not warrant the information contained therein to be frec of errors. Readers are advised to kecp in mind that statements. data. illustrations, procedural details or other items may inadvertently be inaccurate. Published jointly by VCH Verlagsgesellschaft, Weinheim (Fcderal Republic of Germany) VCII Publishers, New York, NY (USA) Editorial Director: Dr. Barbara Bock Production Manager: Claudia Gross1 Library of Congress Card No. applied for A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Die Deutsehe Bibliothek - CIP-Einheitsaufnahmc N+vlt, Jaroslav: Admixtures in crystallization I Jaroslav NCvlt ; Joachim Ulrich. - Weinhcim : New York : Basel ; Cambridgk : Tokyo : VCH, 1995 ISBN 3-527-28739-6 KE: Ulrich. Joachim: OVCH Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, D-69451 Weinheim (Federal Republic of Germany), 1995 Printed on acid-free and low-chlorine paper All rights reserved (including those of translation intoother languages). No part of this book may be rcpro- duccd in any form -by photoprinting, microfilm, or any other means -nor transmitted or translated into a machine language without written permission from the publishers. Registered names, trademarks, etc. used in this book, even when not specifically marked as such, are not to be considered unprotected by law. Printing: bctz-druck GmbH. 11-64291 I1armstadt 13ookbinding: CJroDbuchbinderei Josef Spinner, D-77833 Ottersweier Printed in the Federal Republic of Germany Industrial crystallization has been considered for many years to be more a magic than a science. One of the reasons has certainly been the fact that additives or impurities even in the smallest amounts have tremendous effect on nucleation. crystal growth, crystal forms and dissolution rates. In recent years, not only has the level at which impurities are detec- table decreased dramatically, but also the understanding of the interaction of substances has increased by the same extent. Although there is still not a complete understanding of the functioning of additives and impurities in crystallization, there are many interesting new approaches in this field which should lead to helpful models soon. The authors want to contribute by gathering every piece of informa- tion together in this book to help to contribute for a better understanding of the whole matter. Data of crystallizing substances are presented here together with the examined admixtures and the found effects, extracted from the literature databases of both of the authors. The authors hope that the use of the tables presented wffl lead to a better design and understanding of crystallization processes, especially of the functioning of additives. and thus facilitate a proper choice of additives in order to obtain the required product properties. The authors would acknowledge the support of the Czech Grant Agency (Grant No. 203/93/0814) and of the Volkswagen Stiftung. J. Njrvlt. J. Ulrich December 1994 Contents 1. Introduction ........................................ 4 2. Classification of Admixtures ........................... 6 3. Influence of Admixtures on Nucleation ................... 9 3.1. Homogeneous Nucleation ............................... 10 3.2. Heterogeneous Nucleation .............................. 12 3.3. Secondary Nucleation .................................. 14 4. Influence of Admixtures on Crystal Growth ............... 16 4.1. The Role of the Solid Surface ............................ 16 4.2. The Role of the Interphase Solid - Liquid .................... 22 5. Influence of Admixtures on Crystal Shape ................ 24 6. Influence of Solvents ................................. 30 7. Distribution of Admixtures ............................ 34 7.1. Solid Solutions ....................................... 34 7.2. Isomorphous Inclusion ................................. 37 7.3. Anomalous Mixed Crystals .............................. 41 7.4. Adsorption Inclusion .................................. 42 7.5. Mechanism of Internal Adsorption ........................ 43 7.6. Mechanical Inclusions ................................. 45 7.7. Materials Balance for Crystallization in Presence of Impurities ... 45 7.8. Cascade Purification ................................... 5 1 Contents 3 8 . Notations .......................................... 55 9. References ......................................... 57 10 . Tables ............................................. 75 Formula Index ....................................... 273 11. References to Tables ................................. 287 12. SubjectIndex ....................................... 389 Admixtures in crystallization Jaroslav Njlvlt, Joachim Ulrich 0 VCH Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 1995 1. Introduction Crystallization is one of the oldest separation operations in chemical industries. It serves not only to separate and purify substances, but also to produce crystals with a required shape. Both of these aspects are closely connected with the presence of admixtures in the solution. Among the many factors affecting the process of crystallization I1 72,2261, [e.g., temperature, supersaturation, agitation). admixtures often exhibit the most pronounced effect. Even traces of admixtures can influence the nucleation. crystal growth, shape and size of product crystals, and also other properties (caking. hygroscopicity. etc.). On the other hand, they may be entrained into crystals and lower their purity. A few years ago, a largely empirical approach was used to quantify the effect of admixtures and solvents. A theoretical description of the effect of admixtures has been developed only rather recently. Nevertheless, a consistent theory of the effect of admixtures on individual aspects of the process of crystallization is still missing. Various admixtures probably operate with different mechanisms. Some of them are selectively adsorbed on crystal faces and deactivate individual growth centers, others can change the structural properties of the solution or of the interface; they may be incorporated into the crystal lattice or pushed away by the growing crystal and sometimes there exists a chemical interaction between the micro- and macrocomponents. It is obvious that this situation enables us to give subsequent explanations of individual effects but the prediction is 1. Introduction 5 still difficult. Computer simulations available in recent years [2.123.124] facilitate the choice of tailor-made admixture but their use is still limited. Although the literature on crystallization in the presence of admix- tures is very extensive, most papers exhibit just an empirical character. Reasonably complete information on the effect of admixtures can be found in monographies on crystallization and in surveys. At this point we have to mention in particular the books by Buckley [32], Khamski [101.102]. Mug [ 1121. Kuznetsov [120], Matusevich [133j. Matz 11341. Melikhov (1421. Mullin [152]. Njrvlt [169.171.172] and Ohara and Reid 11791. and papers by Broul [30]. Cabrera and Vermilyea (411. Chernov [46]. Davey [SO]. Garrett I711 and Wirges [2421. The purity of crystals and distribution of impurities is dealt with in many papers, e.g. by Melikhov (1421. Stepin et al. [211] or Slavnova 12061. More detailed information can be found in the literature which exceeds 2000 papers; the aim of this book is to give a survey of the state of the art of this subject and of a number of these papers in appended tables. Before we continue we must mentlon the pioneering work of late Dr. Broul who started the work on survey of the effects of admixtures 1291. Admixtures in crystallization Jaroslav Njlvlt, Joachim Ulrich 0 VCH Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 1995 2. Classification of Admixtures Crystallization from aqueous solutions can be understood as a physical process where a pure solid A precipitates from its solution in pure solvent B. Systems met in practice are usually more complex and in addition contain several non-crystallizing substances, often in low concen- trations. Crystallization itself therefore proceeds in a multicomponent system and the result may be affected by these foreign substances - ad- mixtures. An admixture may be defined I301 as a substance present in a crys- tallizing system that itself doesn’t precipitate as a separated solid under given conditions. Such a broad definition comprises the solvent as an admixture as well. This affects the crystallization parameters in many cases encountered in crystallization from various pure or mixed solvents. Besides the general term admixture we shall use a more specific term impurity for substances, unintentionaly present