Nucleation of sodium sulfate heptahydrate on mineral substrates studied by nuclear magnetic resonance

Journal of Crystal Growth

Volumn 338, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 166-169

  Saidov, Tamerlan A ^b   Espinosa Marzal, Rosa M ^a,c   Pel, Leo ^b   Scherer, George W ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

A1. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance; A1. Phase diagrams; A1. Substrate; A1. Supersaturated solution; A2. Growth from solution; B1. Nucleation

Indexed keywords

A2. GROWTH FROM SOLUTION; CRYSTALLINE PHASE; CRYSTALLIZATION RATES; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HEPTAHYDRATES; ISOTHERMAL CONDITIONS; MAIN COMPONENT; MINERAL SUBSTRATES; NUCLEATION PROCESS; POROUS BUILDING MATERIAL; PRECIPITATION RATES; QUARTZ PARTICLES; SUBSTRATE CHEMISTRY; SUBSTRATE PARTICLES; SUPERSATURATED SOLUTIONS;

BUILDING MATERIALS; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; EXPERIMENTS; MAGNETIC REFRIGERATION; NUCLEATION; PHASE DIAGRAMS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); QUARTZ; RESONANCE; SODIUM SULFATE; SUBSTRATES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 84655163882     PISSN: 00220248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2011.10.044     Document Type: Article

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