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Physical chemistry

the observation that a crystallizing system often forms a less stable phase first, which later transforms to the stable form.

In physical chemistry, Ostwald's rule of stages refers to the observation that a crystallizing system often forms a less stable phase first, which later transforms to the stable form. This meaning comes from Ostwald (1897) in Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie.[1]

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  1. Ostwald, W. (1897). Studien über die Bildung und Umwandlung fester Körper: 1. Abhandlung: Übersättigung und Überkaltung. Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, 22U(1), 289-330. https://doi.org/10.1515/zpch-1897-2233

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