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IN 1911 Miers1 wrote: “I have many times noticed that when the appropriate crystal is introduced into a supersaturated solution, which is not strong enough to crystallize spontaneously, it may cause crystals to grow not only in actual contact with itself, but at some little distance in its neighbourhood”. McCabe2 has also discussed this subject : other references are rare. It is proposed to refer to this phenomenon as ‘breeding’ of nuclei. We have recently studied this question experimentally, using aqueous MgSO47H2O, and have concluded that various categories of breeding may be observed.
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Miers, H. A., J. Oxf. Junior Sci. Club, 3 (June, 1911).
McCabe, W. L., Chemical Engineers Handbook, third ed., edit. by Perry, J. H., 1056 (McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc., New York).
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STRICKLAND-CONSTABLE, R., MASON, R. Breeding of Nuclei. Nature 197, 897–898 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/197897b0
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