Surface morphology and crystal growth mechanism of gibbsite in industrial Bayer liquors

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 78, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 246-255

  Freij, Sawsan J ^a   Parkinson, Gordon M ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Bayer process; Crystal defects; Gibbsite; Organics; Surface structure

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBON; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); GROWTH KINETICS; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE STRUCTURE; SURFACES;

BAYER LIQUORS; BAYER PROCESS; GIBBSITE; ORGANICS;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 21344471718     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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