Effect of ferrous and ferric iron impurities on the crystallization of gypsum and sludge formation in wet-process phosphoric acid

Chemical Engineering Communications

Volumn 189, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 684-694

  Kruger, Annalize ^a   Focke, Walter W ^a   Kwela, Zola ^a   Fowles, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Foskor   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Ferrous iron; Gypsum; Sludge; XRD

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; IRON COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORIC ACID; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

FERRIC IRON IMPURITIES;

GYPSUM;

CALCIUM SULFATE; FERRIC ION;

IRON;

CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRYSTALLIZATION; FILTRATION; SIMULATION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 0142217217     PISSN: 00986445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00986440211740     Document Type: Article

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