Precision Crystallization: Theory and Practice of Controlling Crystal Size

Despite the fact that crystals make up an estimated 80 percent of chemical and pharmaceutical products, few resources exist that explain how to achieve precision control of their size and size distribution. This volume presents scientists with the tools to control crystal nucleation, enabling them to ultimately control crystal size and size distribution. Introducing the Balanced Nucleation and Growth (BNG) model, the book demonstrates how the results of the nucleation process are quantitatively related to numerous practical experimental control values. Going above and beyond classical nucleation theories which rely to a large extent on guesswork, the BNG model gives precise guidance to scientists working in a range of critical areas.