The effect of 3,4 dihydroxy benzoic acid (3,4 DHBA) on the precipitation of alumina trihydrate

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 557-572

  Tran, T ^a   Kim, M J ^a   Wong, P L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hydrometallurgy; Oxide ores; Particle morphology; Particle size; Reaction kinetics

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA TRIHYDRATE; DIHYDROXY BENZOIC ACID; SECOND ORDER RATE EQUATION; SECONDARY NUCLEI;

AGGLOMERATION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALS; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REACTION KINETICS;

ALUMINA;

EID: 0030150869     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0892-6875(96)00043-X     Document Type: Article

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