Supercrystallization of NaCl from Solution Irradiated by Soft X-Rays |
| A.J. Janavičiusa, R. Purlysb and R. Rinkūnasb
aŠiauliai University, Faculty of Nature Sciences, P. Višinskio St. 19, 76351 Šiauliai, Lithuania bVilnius University, Faculty of Physics, Saulėtekio Av. 9, LT-10222 Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Received: July 1, 2011; in final form: April 20, 2012 |
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| It was found that irradiation of a water solution of NaCl with the diffractometer DRON3-M (Russian device) had a large influence on two-step processes of crystallization. The irradiation in the first stage of crystallization of the solution produces metastable radicals of water and excited seeds, which stimulate a very fast crystallization after switching off irradiation. After the crystals reach a sufficient size, the crystal growth can be explained by creation of vacancy-interstitial pairs in the growing crystal due to irradiation. The increase of linear dimensions of the growing irradiated crystals is proportional to the square root √t of crystallization time because most important place in crystallization takes the ions diffusion by irradiated vacancies. |
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.123.777 PACS numbers: 81.10.Dn, 64.70.kp, 32.80.Hd |