Crystallization of struvite from metastable region with different types of seed crystal

Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 95-111

  Ali, Md Imtiaj ^a   Schneider, Phil Andrew ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEATION; PH EFFECTS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SOLUBILITY; SUPERSATURATION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

METASTABLE REGION; SEED CRYSTAL; STRUVITE; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA;

CRYSTALLIZATION;

CRYSTALLIZATION;

EID: 22544453333     PISSN: 03400204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JNETDY.2005.007     Document Type: Article

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