Determination of individual rate constants of reaction and diffusion steps from over-all crystal growth coefficient

A universal method, being a solution of the problem formulated independently by NÝVLT and GARSIDE in 1971 is proposed. The method makes it possible — having at one's disposal the experimental growth rate constant — to determine individual rate constants of the main steps of the process of crystal growth i.e., the diffusion step and the surface integration step and thus indicate the step controlling the whole process of crystal growth. Experimental data on crystal growth of MgSO₄ and ZnSO₄ were evaluated.