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Both a real time optical interferometric experiment and a numerical simulation of two-dimension non-steady state model were employed to study the growth process of aqueous sodium chlorate crystals. The parameters such as solution concentration distribution, crystal dimensions, growth rate and velocity field were obtained by both experiment and numerical simulation. The influence of earth gravity during crystal growth process was analyzed. A reasonable theory model corresponding to the present experiment is advanced. The thickness of concentration boundary layer was investigated especially. The results from the experiment and numerical simulation match well.
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Communicated by HU Wen-rui
Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.10432060)
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Wang, T., Duan, L. Optical diagnostic and modeling solution growth process of sodium chlorate crystals. Appl Math Mech 27, 1177–1184 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10483-006-0904-1
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