seeding

crystallography

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use in crystallization

  • Figure 1: Unit cells for face-centred and body-centred cubic lattices.
    In crystal: Vapour growth

    …growth of a crystal is seeding, in which a small piece of crystal of the proper structure and orientation, called a seed, is introduced into the container. The gas molecules find the seed a more favourable surface than the walls and preferentially deposit there. Once the molecule is on the…

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