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Table 3 Linear regression results of ln time v. ln particle size plots of selected experiments for fitting to standard models describing Ostwald ripening and aggregation based growth of sulfur sols

From: Elemental sulfur coarsening kinetics

Sol type

T (and surfactant)

k

n

Weimarn

20

77 ± 4.0

3.9 ± 0.21

Weimarn

50

116 ± 6.4

4.5 ± 0.32

Weimarn

75

266 ± 24

3.0 ± 0.26

Weimarn

20 & SDS

99 ± 2.7

5.3 ± 0.18

Weimarn

50 & SDS

60 ± 6.5

3.3 ± 0.26

Weimarn

75 & SDS

73 ± 24

2.5 ± 0.36

Polysulfide

20

139 ± 20

3.6 ± 0.34