Experimental investigation into dynamics and stability of continuous MSMPR agglomerative precipitation of CaCO3 crystals

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 113-118

  Wojcik J A ^a,b   Jones, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Agglomerative precipitation; Aggregation; CaCo3; Crystal growth; Disruption; Dynamics; Nucleation

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLIZERS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUCLEATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REACTION KINETICS;

AGGLOMERATIVE PRECIPITATION;

CALCITE;

EID: 0031074525     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/026387697523516     Document Type: Article

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