The Role of van der Waals Forces in the Kinetics of Mass Crystallization

The mechanism of mutual influence of microcrystal nucleation and growth processes is proposed. In addition to the known coagulation factor, the proposed mechanism is explained by the effect of van der Waals forces on the nucleation process. A change in the frequency of nucleation, which occurs in the field of the surface forces of a formed crystal, was calculated using an adiabatic approximation. The degree of dispersity necessary for a macroscopic manifestation of the initiating effect of van der Waals forces was determined. Some simple models taking into account the effect of the proposed mechanism on the kinetics of the mass crystallization were studied, and the possibility of the development of a chain process of the nucleation was demonstrated.