Quantitative evaluation of calcium sulfate precipitation kinetics in the presence and absence of scale inhibitors

SPE Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 983-994

  Fan, Chunfang ^a   Kan, Amy T ^a   Fu, Gongmin ^a   Tomson, Mason B ^a   Shen, Dong ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BJ Chemical Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRIERS (MATERIALS); KINETICS; NUCLEATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SUPERSATURATION;

INHIBITION EFFICIENCY; NUCLEATION KINETICS; PHOSPHONIC ACIDS; PRECIPITATION KINETICS; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; SATURATION INDEX; SEMIQUANTITATIVE MODEL; TEMPERATURE RANGE;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 78651365752     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/121563-pa     Document Type: Article

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