Publisher's Synopsis
Crystallization is regarded as the oldest and least understood separation and purification technique in the chemical industry. Recent years have seen greater research being undertaken, increasing numbers of applications recognized and greater opportunities for developments in such fields as new metallic, ceramic and polymeric materials, fine and speciality chemicals, and in medical, biochemical and biotechnological products.;This second edition brings together those areas now recognized as forming the foundations of industrial crystallization - physical chemistry, the kinetics of nucleation and growth, and chemical engineering. It explores the interactions between them and discusses their complexities.
