Table 1 Nucleation rates and pre-exponential kinetic factors obtained in this study expressed in different units

From: The apparent activation energy and pre-exponential kinetic factor for heterogeneous calcium carbonate nucleation on quartz

Temperature and pre-exponential kinetic factor

Fitted nucleation rate (r.u. min−1)

Absolute nucleation rate (nuclei μm−2 min−1)

Absolute nucleation rate (nm3 μm−2 min−1)

Absolute nucleation rate (mol m−2 min−1)

12 °C

(3.4 ± 0.1) × 10−5

6.0 ± 1.2

(2.1 ± 1.0) × 102

(5.6 ± 2.8) × 10−9

25 °C

(8.8 ± 0.4) × 10−5

15.6 ± 3.2

(5.4 ± 2.6) × 102

(14.5 ± 7.1) × 10−9

31 °C

(15.0 ± 1.0) × 10−5

26.5 ± 5.6

(9.2 ± 4.5) × 102

(25 ± 12) × 10−9

A

106.7 ± 1.0

1012.0 ± 1.1

1013.5 ± 1.3

102.9 ± 1.3

  1. The error ranges are standard deviations from the experimental data
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