The Retarding Effect of Citric Acid on Calcium Sulfate Nucleation Kinetics

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 42, Issue 25, 2003, Pages 6647-6652

  Prisciandaro, Marina ^a   Lancia, Amedeo ^b   Musmarra, Dino ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; GYPSUM; NUCLEATION; REACTION KINETICS; SUPERSATURATION; SURFACE TENSION;

INDUCTION PERIOD;

ORGANIC ACIDS;

CALCIUM SULFATE; CITRIC ACID;

CALCIUM SULFATE; CITRIC ACID; KINETICS;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; EVAPORATION; HEATING; LIGHT SCATTERING; PRECIPITATION; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0345599980     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie020996h     Document Type: Article

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