What is the most cost-effective method for determining crystallization pressure?

[kubedgamer]

Given an unknown fluid, what would be an efficient and/or cheap way of finding it's crystallization pressure through experiment.

I would like to keep costs at a minimum and work from off the shelf components if possible.

 

[Lok]

Hi kubedgamer,

A seemingly cheap setup is described here:
http://www.igsoc.org/journal.old/10/59/igs_journal_vol10_issue059_pg312-315.pdf

When you say unknown liquid, it could mean that a given setup will be easily inadequate by the virtue of the liquids unknown melting point and overall behavior.

 

[kubedgamer]

Hi kubedgamer,

A seemingly cheap setup is described here:
http://www.igsoc.org/journal.old/10/59/igs_journal_vol10_issue059_pg312-315.pdf

When you say unknown liquid, it could mean that a given setup will be easily inadequate by the virtue of the liquids unknown melting point and overall behavior.

Hi Lok,

Thanks for your reply.

I saw that paper earlier, unfortunately they're focusing on finding the pressure exerted by freezing ice against an obstacle.

"Polycrystalline ice, growing from the melt, can exert a pressure against an extended obstacle,
even though it is free to grow in other directions. Pressures of over 0.2 bar (20kl m-z) have been measured
with simple apparatus. This phenomenon may be important in explaining the frost-shattering of rocks"

Unfortunately, not what I'm after :(

 

[Lok]

So you would like to find... the pressure at which the unknown liquid freezes?

 

[kubedgamer]

So you would like to find... the pressure at which the unknown liquid freezes?

That's correct :)

 

[Lok]

In this case I cannot imagine something cheaper than the obvious anvil cell.