Inhibition of homogenous formation of calcium carbonate by poly (acrylic acid). The effect of molar mass and end-group functionality

Desalination

Volumn 338, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 93-105

  Al Hamzah, Ali A ^a,b   East, Christopher P ^c   Doherty, William O S ^c   Fellows, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b SWCC   (Saudi Arabia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ATRP (Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization); Calcium carbonate; Crystallization; Poly(acrylic acid); Polyelectrolytes; Scale inhibitor; SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy); XRD (X ray Diffraction)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894334835     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.01.020     Document Type: Article

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