Kinetic modelling of nickel powder precipitation by high-pressure hydrogen reduction

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2202-2215

  Ntuli, Freeman ^a,b   Lewis, Alison Emslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Impurities; Nickel powder; Particle formation; Particulate processes; Population balance; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

NICKEL POWDER; PARTICLE FORMATION; PARTICULATE PROCESSES; POPULATION BALANCE; PRECIPITATION;

AUTOCLAVES; BOILERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; HYDROGEN; IRON; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; NICKEL PLATING; NICKEL POWDER METALLURGY; NUCLEATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POPULATION STATISTICS; POWDERS; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRESSURE VESSELS; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAINLESS STEEL; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 63249106837     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.01.026     Document Type: Article

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