A comparison of the morphology of m-chloronitrobenzene crystals grown from solution and from the melt

The influence of the ortho and para isomers on the crystal morphology of meta-chloronitrobenzene (m-CNB) was observed for both melt-grown crystals and crystals grown from solution using acetone as a solvent. The role of the O-CNB and p-CNB isomers in modifying the m-CNB morphology is the same, irrespective of whether growth takes place from the solution or the melt. The morphological changes are therefore much more influenced by the presence of other isomers than by the acetone solvent.