In-situ synchrotron diffraction study of the hydrothermal transformation of goethite to hematite in sodium aluminate solutions

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 239-246

  Murray, J ^a,b   Kirwan, L ^b   Loan, M ^a   Hodnett, B K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UC RUSAL   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Goethite; Hematite; Kinetics; Sodium aluminate; Synchrotron: In situ; Transformation

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; DIFFRACTION; DISSOLUTION; HEMATITE; IRON ORES; METALLIC GLASS; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; RATE CONSTANTS; SODIUM; SYNCHROTRONS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES;

CAUSTIC CONCENTRATIONS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE DIFFRACTIONS; GOETHITE; HIGH TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURES; HYDROTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATIONS; HYDROTHERMAL TRANSFORMATIONS; IN-SITU; KINETIC DATUMS; KINETICS OF CRYSTALLIZATIONS; REAL TIMES; SODIUM ALUMINATE; SODIUM ALUMINATE SOLUTIONS; SURFACE AREAS; SYNCHROTRON DIFFRACTION STUDIES; TIME USING; TIME-RESOLVED; TRANSFORMATION;

OXIDE MINERALS;

EID: 57149086285     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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