The role and implications of bassanite as a stable precursor phase to gypsum precipitation

Science

Volumn 335, Issue 6077, 2012, Pages 69-72

  Van Driessche, A E S ^a   Benning, L G ^b   Rodriguez Blanco, J D ^b   Ossorio, M ^a,b   Bots, P ^b   Garcia Ruiz J M ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASSANITE; CALCIUM SULFATE; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGREGATE; BASSANITE; GYPSUM; HOMOGENEOUS MEDIUM; MARS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SAMPLING; SOLUBILITY;

ARTICLE; MICROSCOPY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 84859480095     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1215648     Document Type: Article

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