Studies on nucleation from solution of some analytically important metal chelates

The combination of precipitation from homogeneous solution and Vonnegut's droplet technique is employed in the study of nucleation from solution of bis(1,2-cyclohexanedionedioxunato)Ni(II), bis(1,2-cycloheptanedionedioximato)Ni(II), bis(1,2-cyclohexanedionedioximato)Pd(II) and bis(1,2-cycloheptanedionedioximato)-Pd(II). Values of the kinetic constant, surface energy, critical radius and the number of molecules per critical nucleus are calculated and discussed in terms of the limitations of the classical theory of nucleation when applied to crystal nucleation from aqueous solutions of electrolytes.