The influence of iron on the precipitation behaviour of nickel powder

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 3756-3766

  Ntuli, Freeman ^a   Lewis, Alison Emslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Crystallisation; Impurity; Iron; Nickel reduction; Particle formation; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; IMPELLERS; IMPURITIES; MORPHOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); THERMAL EFFECTS;

NICKEL POWDER; NICKEL REDUCTION; PARTICLE FORMATION;

IRON;

CRYSTALLIZATION; IMPELLERS; IMPURITIES; IRON; MORPHOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); THERMAL EFFECTS;

EID: 34249984463     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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