It would be intuitively expected that seed size would influence the rate of crystallization for a given fixed mass of seed addition. It would be expected that reducing the seed size would increase the rate of crystallization. The rationale being that smaller seed size results in greater crystal specific surface area and as the rate of crystallization increases with increased specific surface area, thus the rate should increase with smaller seed sizes. Fig. 4 illustrates the influence of seed size on dextrose monohydrate crystallization. This is not as intuitively anticipated as the smallest seed size had the slowest crystallization rate resulting in the highest dextrose concentration in solution at the end of crystallization.