A thermodynamic model for silica and aluminum in alkaline solutions with high ionic strength at elevated temperatures up to 100 °c: Applications to zeolites

American Mineralogist

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 141-153

  Xiong, Yongliang ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal synthesis; Pitzer equation; Sodium silicates; Solution chemistry

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ALUMINUM; ENTHALPY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; FREE ENERGY; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; ISOMERS; POLYMERS; SILICA; SILICATES; SILICON; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SOLUBILITY; SOLUTION MINING; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL LOGGING; ZEOLITES;

CALORIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; ENTHALPY OF FORMATION; GIBBS FREE ENERGY OF FORMATION; HYDROTHERMAL SOLUTION; PITZER EQUATIONS; SODIUM SILICATE; SOLUTION CHEMISTRY; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

IONIC STRENGTH;

ALUMINUM; ENTHALPY; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; IONIC COMPOSITION; MODELING; SILICA; SILICATE; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY; ZEOLITE;

EID: 84872008651     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2013.4089     Document Type: Article

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