In situ observation of the conversion of sodium carbonate to sodium carbonate monohydrate in aqueous suspension

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 26, 2005, Pages 9921-9930

  Shaikh, Amjad A ^a   Salman, Agba D ^a   Mcnamara, Steve ^b   Littlewood, Gill ^b   Ramsay, Fraser ^b   Hounslow, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Brunner Mond   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOLUTIONS; SUPERSATURATION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

GROWTH MECHANISMS; MONOHYDRATE CRYSTALS; REFLECTANCE METHODS;

SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

SODIUM CARBONATE;

EID: 30344442779     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0505211     Document Type: Article

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