Why is flameless heating used for heating a solution in hexane or diethyl ether during a recrystallization?   Why should the size of crystals obtained in a recrystallization be neither too large nor too small?

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  1. Why is flameless heating used for heating a solution in hexane or diethyl ether during a recrystallization?

 

  1. Why should the size of crystals obtained in a recrystallization be neither too large nor too small?
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