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Principles of the integrated thermal roughening — crystallographic morphological theory of Hartman and Perdok are applied to n-paraffin crystals with orthorhombic, monoclinic and triclinic structure. Theoretical predictions are confronted with the observed morphology of crystals. They agree very well. In addition, the character of the solid-fluid interface is discussed. Finally, a newly found kinetic phenomenon, rough-flat-rough transition of crystal surfaces, is presented.
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Liu, X.Y., Bennema, P. (1993). The Morphology and Growth of Paraffin Crystals with Different Structures. In: Dosière, M. (eds) Crystallization of Polymers. NATO ASI Series, vol 405. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1950-4_31
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