How critalisation helps in getting pure substances.....Please explain briefly ...
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Crystallization occurs in two major steps. The first is nucleation, the appearance of a crystalline phase from either a supercooled liquid or a supersaturated solvent. The second step is known as crystal growth, which is the increase in the size of particles and leads to a crystal state. An important feature of this step is that loose particles form layers at the crystal's surface lodge themselves into open inconsistencies such as pores, cracks, etc.
The majority of minerals and organic molecules crystallize easily, and the resulting crystals are generally of good quality, i.e. without visible defects. However, larger biochemical particles, like proteins, are often difficult to crystallize. The ease with which molecules will crystallize strongly depends on the intensity of either atomic forces (in the case of mineral substances), intermolecular forces (organic and biochemical substances) or intramolecular forces (biochemical substances).
Crystallization is also a chemical solid–liquid separation technique, in which mass transfer of a solute from the liquid solution to a pure solid crystalline phase occurs. In chemical engineering, crystallization occurs in a crystallizer. Crystallization is therefore related to precipitation, although the result is not amorphous or disordered, but a crystal.
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Crystallization Process-
- The solution is heated in an open container. The solvent molecules start evaporating, leaving behind the solution.
- When the solution cools, crystals of solution start accumulating on the surface of the solution Crystals are collected and dried as per the product requirement
- The undissolved solids in the liquid are separated by the process of filtration
- The size of crystals formed during this process depends on the cooling rate.
- A large number of tiny crystals are formed if the solution is cooled at a fast rate.
- Large crystals are formed at slow cooling rates