Preparation of α-calcium sulfate hemihydrate by reaction of sulfuric acid with lime

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 715-724

  Ling, Yuanbing ^a   Demopoulos, George P ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; HYDRATES; LIME; MORPHOLOGY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SOLUTIONS; SULFURIC ACID; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CALCIUM SULFATE HEMIHYDRATE; DRY LIME; GROWTH MECHANISM; HEMIHYDRATE CRYSTALS;

REACTION KINETICS;

CALCIUM OXIDE; CALCIUM SULFATE; SULFURIC ACID;

CRYSTALLIZATION;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDRATION; STANDARD; STOICHIOMETRY; SYNTHESIS; THICKNESS;

EID: 13544267422     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie049316w     Document Type: Article

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