Morphosynthesis of calcium carbonate in poly(vinylalcohol)

Journal of Materials Synthesis and Processing

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 149-153

  Sinha, A ^a   Agrawal, A ^a   Nayar, S ^a   Das, S K ^a   Ramachandrarao, P ^b  

^a NATIONAL METALLURGICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Calcite; Calcium carbonate; Morphosynthesis; PVA

Indexed keywords

GELS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOLUTIONS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; MORPHOSYNTHESIS;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0036590875     PISSN: 10647562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021990714066     Document Type: Article

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