English Explanatory Dictionary

Ostwald ripening

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An observed phenomenon in solid solutions or liquid sols, where an inhomogeneous structure changes over time, i.e. small crystals or particles dissolve and redeposit onto larger crystals or particles.

Word forms

Ostwald ripening

Etymology

First described by Wilhelm Ostwald in 1896.

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