In situ ultrasonic spectroscopy study of the nucleation and growth of copper sulfate pentahydrate batch crystallized from supersaturated aqueous solutions

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 4947-4956

  Lyall, Eric ^a   Mougin, Patricia ^a,c   Wilkinson, Derek ^a   Roberts, Kevin J ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c SSCI Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NUCLEATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

COPPER SULFATE; FREQUENCY DATA; ULTRASONIC SPECTROSCOPY;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

COPPER SULFATE;

COPPER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISSOLUTION; GROWTH RATE; MONITORING; OSCILLATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETER; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRASONIC SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 3543025125     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0342560     Document Type: Article

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