The mechanism of sodium gluconate poisoning of gibbsite precipitation

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 828-834

  Rossiter, D S ^a   Ilievski, D ^b   Smith, P G ^b   Parkinson, G M ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Growth; Induction; Nucleation; Poisoning; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH RATE; CRYSTAL INDUCTION TIME; GIBBSITE; SODIUM GLUCONATE POISONING;

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; NUCLEATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

HYDRATED ALUMINA;

EID: 0030264479     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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