Determination of nucleation and crystal growth kinetics in hostile environment - Application to the tetravalent uranium oxalate U(C 2O4)2 · 6H2O

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 930-938

  Bertrand Andrieu, Murielle ^a   Plasari, Edouard ^b   Baron, Pascal ^a  

^a Research Department of Mining and Fuel Recycling ProCesses   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Crystal growth; Kinetics; Nucleation; Precipitation; Uranium oxalate

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; NUCLEATION; REACTION KINETICS; SUPERSATURATION; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

BATCH METHODS; CRYSTAL GROWTH RATE MEASUREMENTS; SURFACE INTEGRATION; VOLMER-WEBER EQUATIONS;

CRYSTAL GROWTH;

NUCLEATION;

EID: 20744446748     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450820508     Document Type: Article

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