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These particles are stabilized by the charge associated with adsorbed borohydride anions, but continue to grow by aggregation and coalescence. The surface charge is extremely sensitive to solution conditions, and was measured by two independent techniques which showed the same qualitative trends. The surface charge decreases with solution temperature and increases with borohydride concentration. The ability of typical colloidal interaction potentials to describe this proposed aggregative growth process was tested through the development of a predictive growth model. In a series of test experiments, it is clearly shown that the aggregative growth model using colloidal interaction potentials accurately describes the growth process using values of the surface potential similar to those measured. 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The surface charge is extremely sensitive to solution conditions, and was measured by two independent techniques which showed the same qualitative trends. The surface charge decreases with solution temperature and increases with borohydride concentration. The ability of typical colloidal interaction potentials to describe this proposed aggregative growth process was tested through the development of a predictive growth model. In a series of test experiments, it is clearly shown that the aggregative growth model using colloidal interaction potentials accurately describes the growth process using values of the surface potential similar to those measured. 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