Application of synchrotron radiation energy dispersive diffraction to the in-situ observation of wax crystallization from solution

Preliminary results are reported on the observation of the crystallization of n-eicosane (C₂₀H₄₆) from solution in dodecane, using in-situ energy dispersive X-ray diffraction. The observation of powder patterns of n-eicosane crystallising from an initially supersaturated solution demonstrates the applicability of the energy dispersive technique to the "in-situ" study of kinetic phenomena.