Synthesis of needle-like aragonite from limestone without calcinations in the presence of magnesium sulfate

Advanced Composite Materials

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-195

  Hu, Zeshan ^a   Shao, Minghao ^a   Cai, Qiang ^a   Jiao, Zhaojie ^a   Zhong, Chenhua ^a   Deng, Yulin ^b  

^a CHONGQING TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aragonite; Calcium carbonate; Needle like; Synthesis; Whisker

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; NEEDLE-LIKE; SYNTHESIS; WHISKER;

ASPECT RATIO; CALCINATION; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; GYPSUM; LIMESTONE; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM POWDER; NEEDLES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION KINETICS; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DISSOLUTION;

EID: 68249149323     PISSN: 09243046     EISSN: 15685519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855109X428772     Document Type: Article

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