Evidence for a new metastable crystalline phase of strontium nitrate

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Abstract
The undercooling of aqueous solutions of strontium nitrate a few mm3 in volume or microsized by dispersion within an emulsion is investigated. The experimental results are consistent with a succession of transformations in undercooled solutions of binaries. Following concentration, the undercoolings are from 14°C to 20°C for macrosamples or from 39°C to 60°C with emulsions. However it is observed that Sr(NO3)2 crystallizes into a metastable phase which can be preserved for a long time. The existence of this metastable crystalline phase has been evidenced by Differential Scanning Calorimetry and by an original evaporation method. The phase diagram, including the metastable phase, is presented.