Figure 5
Many containers of small volume are suitable for measuring nucleation probability. (a) Appearance of crystals in a large-volume container: the nucleation of the second and subsequent crystals is affected by the first. (b) Appearance of crystals in small-volume containers: the total volume of these containers is the same as that in (a). The nucleation of the second and subsequent crystals is not affected by the first. A crystal that is sufficiently distant from other crystals in the same container is also not affected. |