Ostwald ripening
Maduración de Ostwald
- Date
- 1896 · confidence high
- Place
- Leipzig, Germany
- Credited to
- Wilhelm Ostwald
- Field
- Matter & energy
What was discovered
Phenomenon in which small particles of a dispersed solid dissolve and redeposit onto larger particles, described by chemist Wilhelm Ostwald in solid solutions and colloidal sols.
What it led to
- Understanding of the aging of emulsions and foams
- Control of nanoparticle size in materials synthesis
- Applications in the food and pharmaceutical industries
- Theoretical basis for paint and photographic emulsion formulation