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THE observation by Mullin and Leci1 of concentration gradients in 50 cm columns of supersaturated citric acid solution was explained in terms of the formation of molecular clusters, and they suggested that these clusters might be involved in the process of nucleation and subsequent crystallization. As part of a general investigation of the structure of supersaturated solutions of sucrose we have studied these solutions in the conditions of Mullin and Leci's experiment.
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Mullin, J. W., and Leci, C. L., Phil. Mag., 19, 1075 (1969).
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ALLEN, A., McDONALD, M., NICOL, W. et al. Athermal Concentration Gradients in Supersaturated Solutions of Sucrose. Nature Physical Science 235, 36–37 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci235036a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/physci235036a0