Growth of the calcium carbonate polymorph vaterite in mixtures of water and ethylene glycol at conditions of gas processing

Journal of Crystal Growth

Volumn 312, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 953-960

  Flaten, Ellen Marie ^a   Seiersten, Marion ^b   Andreassen, Jens Petter ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

A1. Co solvents; A1. Solubility; A2. Growth from solutions; A2. Seed crystals; B1. Calcium carbonate

Indexed keywords

A1. CO-SOLVENTS; CALCIUM CARBONATE POLYMORPHS; CALCIUM CONCENTRATION; CARBONATE FORMATIONS; COSOLVENTS; DIFFUSION RATE; FORMATION WATER; GAS PROCESSING; GROWTH FROM SOLUTION; GROWTH REDUCTION; HYDRATE CONTROL; HYDRATE INHIBITION; MONOETHYLENE GLYCOL; PRODUCTION CONDITION; REACTION DIFFUSION; SECOND ORDER KINETICS; SECOND ORDERS; SEED CRYSTAL; VATERITE; WATER SOLVENTS;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CARBONATION; CORROSION; CRYSTALS; DIFFUSION; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GAS CONDENSATES; GAS HYDRATES; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GROWTH KINETICS; HYDRATION; PH EFFECTS; POLYMORPHISM; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RATE CONSTANTS; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS; SUPERSATURATION; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

EID: 77249108277     PISSN: 00220248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2010.01.015     Document Type: Article

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