“Crystallization” or “Crystallisation”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 10 prefer “crystallization” and 2 prefer “crystallisation”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	crystallization	crystallisation	Preference
United States	97	3	“crystallization”
United Kingdom	40	60	“crystallisation”
India	83	17	“crystallization”
Philippines	97	3	“crystallization”
Canada	94	6	“crystallization”
Australia	47	53	“crystallisation”
Liberia	100	0	“crystallization”
Ireland	53	47	“crystallization”
New Zealand	57	43	“crystallization”
Jamaica	100	0	“crystallization”
Trinidad & Tobago	81	19	“crystallization”
Guyana	100	0	“crystallization”

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“crystallization”

…such as ion exchange, fractional crystallization and liquid–liquid extraction during the…
From Crystallization
…also been caused by the crystallization of soluble salts, such as…
…to about ; and Wigner crystallization occurs at .
…by known equations of zone recrystallization – with the replacement of…
The precipitation or crystallization of the solute takes longer…
However, it suffers from crystallization and volume contraction above 800°C,…
Urea extraction crystallization
…nucleating agent, thereby increasing the crystallization rate.
…1935, Wendell Stanley achieved its crystallization for electron microscopy and showed…

“crystallisation”

Engineering aspects of crystallisation
…everything that exists is a "crystallisation of divine ecstasy", and "He…
…aspects: the nucleation, growth and crystallisation of mineral phases from solution…
…resolution (where enantiomers separate upon crystallisation) or kinetic resolution (where one…
Although a crystallisation process using strontium hydroxide was…
…bird's song goes through a crystallisation phase where their song template…
…of the reasons for the crystallisation of particular forms of action…
Various conditions in the crystallisation process is the main reason…
Temperature at which crystallisation is carried out
…a seminal paper on spherulitic crystallisation.

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