Dissolution of boehmite in sodium hydroxide at ambient pressure: Kinetics and modelling

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 102, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 22-30

  Grénman, Henrik ^a   Salmi, Tapio ^a   Murzin, Dmitry Yu ^a   Addai Mensah, Jonas ^b  

^a LABORATORY OF INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY AND REACTION ENGINEERING   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boehmite; Dissolution; Kinetics; Modelling; Morphology; Radioactive sludge; Sodium hydroxide

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT PRESSURES; BOEHMITE; DISSOLUTION KINETICS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GIBBSITES; HIGH LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTES; HYDROXIDE CONCENTRATION; KINETIC REGIME; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; RADIOACTIVE SLUDGE; SEM IMAGING; SODIUM HYDROXIDE SOLUTIONS; SODIUM HYDROXIDES; SOLID LIQUID REACTIONS; SOLID-PHASE; SURFACE AREA MEASUREMENT;

LEACHING; MORPHOLOGY; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; REACTION RATES; SODIUM;

DISSOLUTION;

EID: 77949487889     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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