Study on the Crystallization Mechanism of Spectinomycin Dihydrochlodde

The growth mechanism of spectinomycin dihydrochloride crystal in pure water and acetone-water mixture at different temperatures has been studied by induction period measurement. The induction period was measured visually. The solid-liquid interfacial tension was determined on the basis of classical homogenous nucleation theory and the surface entropy factor was calculated. It was shown that the interfacial tension and surface entropy factor increased with the increase of acetone concentration and the decrease of temperature. It was demonstrated that the growth mechanism of spectinomycin dihydrochloride crystal was controlled by birth and spread growth in pure water or in acetone-water mixture at high temperatures and turned from birth and spread growth tc spiral growth with the increase of acetone concentration in acetone-water mixture at low temperatures.