Aspects of gypsum precipitation in scaling waters

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 75, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 135-146

  Seewoo, Shilpa ^a   Van Hille, Rob ^a   Lewis, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Crystal morphology; Gypsum scale; Mineral processing; Precipitation; Scale up; Seeding

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; DESALINATION; GROWTH (MATERIALS); HYDROLYSIS; KINEMATICS; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RATE CONSTANTS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SUPERSATURATION; TURBULENCE; VISCOSITY;

CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGY; MIXING TIME SCALE ANALYSIS; SCALING WATERS; SLURRY PRECIPITATION AND RECYCLE REVERSE OSMOSIS (SPARRO) PROCESS;

GYPSUM;

EID: 7544222390     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2004.07.003     Document Type: Article

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