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Solution-crystal-solution oscillatory phase transitions in the KCl-NaCl-H$_2$O system

V. B. Fedoseev^ab, M. V. Maksimov<sup>b

a</sup> Razuvaev Institute of Organometallic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Tropinina 49, Nizhni Novgorod, 603950, Russia
^b Nizhni Novgorod State University, pr. Gagarina 23, Nizhni Novgorod, 603950, Russia

Abstract: Long-term oscillations of a solution-crystal phase transition in the disperse KCl-NaCl-H$_2$O system have been detected. Under steady-state conditions, multiple evaporation of droplets has been observed before the formation of a crystal with subsequent condensation, which completely recovers the dimension of a droplet. An interpretation of the observed phenomenon has been proposed on the basis of the Kelvin and Ostwald–Freundlich size effects, Raoult's law, and features of the phase diagram of the KCl-NaCl system.

Received: 12.01.2015
Revised: 23.01.2015

DOI: 10.7868/S0370274X15060065

 English version: Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters, 2015, 101:6, 390–393

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