Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 1990, 55, 2428-2431
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19902428

Induction period of crystallization of zinc chloride solutions in ethylene glycol

Ivo Sláma and Jarmila Malá

Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 160 00 Prague 6

Abstract

The dependence of the induction period of crystallization on the supercooling was examined for the ZnCl2-ethylene glycol system at mole fractions of the salt from 0 to 0.07, and treated in terms of the TTT (Time-Temperature-Transformation) diagram. The critical induction period of crystallization increases substantially on the addition of ZnCl2 to ethylene glycol. The thermal stability of supercooled liquids is discussed in terms of the shape and position of the TTT curves.