Gibbsite to boehmite transformation in strongly caustic and nitrate environments

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2163-2170

  Gong, Xiaoyi ^a   Nie, Zimin ^a   Qian, Maoxu ^a   Liu, Jun ^a   Pederson, Larry A ^a   Hobbs, David T ^b   McDuffie, Norton G ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER COMPANY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; NITRATES; NUCLEATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

TRANSFORMATION MECHANISMS;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; METAL; NITRATE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISSOLUTION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; REACTION OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER VAPOR; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0037989061     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie020837y     Document Type: Article

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