From Wikipedia (bad source I know…but Im intrigued, since I love to avoid applying heat to unknown substances)
“Fractional crystallization has various advantages over other separation technologies. First of all, it makes the purification of close boilers possible. This allows for very high purities even for challenging components. Furthermore, because of the lower operating
temperature, the thermal stress applied to the product is very low. This is in particular relevant for products that would otherwise
oligomerize or
degrade. Next, fractional crystallization is usually an inherently safe technology, because it operates at low pressures and low temperatures. Also, it does not use any
solvents and is emission-free. Finally, since the
latent heat of solidification is 3–6x lower than the heat of
evaporation, the energy consumption is – in comparison to distillation – much lower”
This is crazy.
I want to seperate PGMs, which have very high melting points. Check this out…
“The static crystallizer allows crystals to grow from a stagnant melt, making it a versatile and robust technology. It can purify highly challenging products, including those with most challenging properties, such as high viscosities and high or low melting points” -Wikipedia
I know it’s Wikipedia, so albeit, an “unreliable source”. But that’s not always so.
My goal is to seperate metals is extremely high melting points. Why melt at insane temperatures, when in theory…you can freeze at relatively high temperatures?