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- Title
The search for a universal law of crystal growth: The law of proportionate effect?
- Authors
Hummer, Daniel R.
- Abstract
This article explores the search for a universal law of crystal growth, focusing on the "law of proportionate effect." The author argues that this law may describe the majority of systems in which crystalline particles form and grow within a homogeneous medium. According to this law, crystals grow in proportion to their original size during each time step, resulting in a lognormal distribution of sizes. While this mathematical description is not completely universal, it offers a framework for understanding crystallization processes and identifying them in natural systems. The author suggests that this framework can help trace the crystallization history of minerals and identify additional processes that occurred during early stages of crystallization.
- Subjects
CRYSTAL growth; LOGNORMAL distribution; CRYSTALLIZATION
- Publication
American Mineralogist, 2024, Vol 109, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0003-004X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2138/am-2023-9182