Reaction of citric acid with calcite

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 5880-5896

  Al Khaldi, M H ^a   Nasr El Din, H A ^b   Mehta, S ^b   Al Aamri, A D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Calcium citrate; Citric acid; Dissolution rate; Rotating disk

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; IONS; MASS TRANSFER; MORPHOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REACTION RATES; ROTATING DISKS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CALCIUM CITRATE LAYER; DISSOLUTION RATE;

CITRIC ACID;

CALCITE; CITRIC ACID; IONS; MASS TRANSFER; MORPHOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REACTION RATES; ROTATING DISKS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 34748860885     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.06.021     Document Type: Article

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