Transient surface supersaturation after crystal submersion: II

Abstract

In our earlier papers, we solved the time-dependent equation of Burton, Cabrera and Frank for transient state conditions occurring immediately after submersion of a crystal surface in supersaturated solution. As a result, the expression for the transient surface supersaturation was found and discussed. In this paper we present an approximation of that expression. The approximation enables a simple estimation of the time required to attain the steady-state value of the surface supersaturation.