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Kang et al. 2004
Kang, Q., Zhang, D., Lichtner, P.C. and Tsimpanogiannis, I.N. (2004). Lattice Boltzmann model for crystal growth from supersaturated solution. Geophysical Research Letters 31: doi: 10.1029/2004GL021107. issn: 0094-8276.

We develop a new, lattice effects-free lattice Boltzmann model for simulating crystal growth from supersaturated solution. Simulations of crystal growth from a single or multiple nuclei in a domain initially filled with supersaturated solution are presented, such as in the case of gas hydrate formation. We find that as the process changes from diffusion-controlled to surface reaction-controlled, the crystal transforms from open cluster-type structure, via compact coral-type structure, to compact circular structure, and correspondingly, the fractal dimension of the crystal structure increases from a value close to that of a diffusion-limited aggregation (DLA) structure to the Euclidian value for a circle. At a high Damkohler number, crystal formed from a single nucleus becomes more compact as the saturation increases. At a low Damkohler number, the crystal has a fairly round shape for different saturation values and the effect of saturation is insignificant.

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Geochemistry, Chemical evolution, Mathematical Geophysics, Modeling, Mathematical Geophysics, Fractals and multifractals, Mineralogy and Petrology, Crystal chemistry
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Geophysical Research Letters
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