Exploring calcium oxalate crystallization: a constant composition approach.

ABSTRACT: Crystal growth rates have been extensively studied in calcium oxalate monohydrate (COM) crystallization, because COM crystals are the principal component in most kidney stones. Constant composition methods are useful for studying growth rates, but fail to differentiate concurrent nucleation and aggregation events. A constant composition method coupled with particle size determinations that addresses this deficiency was previously published for a calcium phosphate system, and this method was extended to COM crystallization in this report. A seeded constant composition experiment was combined with particle size determination and a separate near-equilibrium aggregation experiment to separate effects of growth rate, nucleation, and aggregation in COM crystal formation and to test the effects o

SUBMITTER: Kolbach-Mandel AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4573792 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature