Enhancing calcium carbonate precipitation by heterogeneous nucleation during chemical softening

Journal / American Water Works Association

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2005, Pages

  Mercer, Kenneth L ^a   Lin, Yi Pin ^b   Singer, Philip C ^c  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FREE ENERGY; NUCLEATION; OPTIMIZATION;

CHEMICAL SOFTENING; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION; SEED CRYSTALS; WATER SOFTENING;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EID: 30744464334     PISSN: 0003150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1551-8833.2005.tb07545.x     Document Type: Review

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