Research Article

Coupling of Contact Nucleation Kinetics with Breakage Model for Crystallization of Sodium Chloride Crystal in Fluidized Bed Crystallizer

Table 1

Characteristics of sodium chloride seed crystals.

Seed characteristicsValues

Crystallite size (mm)0.0265–0.358
Crystal structureHexahedron
Hardness (109 Nm−2)0.19
Poisson’s ratio0.209
Interfacial energy (Jm−2)0.34
Critical stress intensity factor (105 Nm−3/2)1.8
Density (g/cm3)2.238
Volume (cm3)0.894
Mass (g)1