A comprehensive overview of industrial crystallization, its theory and practice, including recent advances, real world case studies, and worked examples.
A comprehensive overview of industrial crystallization, its theory and practice, including recent advances, real world case studies, and worked examples.
Alison Lewis is a Professor at the University of Cape Town where she founded the Crystallization and Precipitation Research Unit. She is a registered Professional Engineer, a Fellow of the South African Academy of Engineering (FSAAE), the South African Institute of Chemical Engineers (FSAIChE) and the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (FSAIMM).
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1. Thermodynamics, crystallisation methods and supersaturation 2. Characterisation of a crystalline product 3. Basic process design for crystallisation 4. Nucleation 5. Crystal growth 6. Agglomeration 7. The population balance equation 8. Batch crystallisation 9. Measurement techniques 10. Industrial crystallisers 11. Precipitation 12. Melt crystallisation 13. Additives and impurities 14. Polymorphism.
