Quartz Dissolution Kinetics from 100-200°C as a Function of pH and Ionic Strength

AIChE Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3442-3457

  Worley, W G ^a   Tester, J W ^a   Grigsby, C O ^a,b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIZATION; DISSOLUTION; IONIC STRENGTH; PH EFFECTS; REACTION KINETICS; ROCKS; WASTES;

DISSOLUTION KINETICS; ROCK RESERVOIRS; WASTE STORAGE;

QUARTZ;

EID: 0030380987     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690421214     Document Type: Article

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