Dissolution reaction of potash fertilizer with moisture

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1127-1134

  Peng, Shi Wen ^a   Strathdee, Graeme ^b   Besant, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical relative humidity; Dissolution; Electrolyte; Equilibrium moisture content; Potash

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DISSOLUTION; ELECTROLYTES; MOISTURE; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; POTASH; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CRITICAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT METHOD; EQUILIBRIUM MOISTURE CONTENT; HALITE; PITZER EQUATIONS; SYLVITE;

FERTILIZERS;

EID: 0033307573     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450770607     Document Type: Article

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