Decomposition study of calcium carbonate in cockle shell

Journal of Engineering Science and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Mohamed, Mustakimah ^a   Yousuf, Suzana ^a   Maitra, Saikat ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Calcium carbonate; Cockle shells; Decomposition; Kinetics; Particle size; TGA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856733676     PISSN: 18234690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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