Control of crystal morphology and size of calcium sulfate whiskers in aqueous HCl solutions by additives: Experimental and molecular dynamics simulation studies

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 54, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 4781-4787

  Mao, Xiulong ^a   Song, Xingfu ^a   Lu, Guimin ^a   Sun, Yuzhu ^a   Xu, Yanxia ^a   Yu, Jianguo ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CALCIUM; DRIERS (MATERIALS); HYDROCHLORIC ACID; MORPHOLOGY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CALCIUM SULFATE WHISKERS; CETYLTRIMETHYLAMMONIUM BROMIDE; COMBINED EFFECT; CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGIES; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; SOLUTE DIFFUSION; SURFACE ADSORPTION;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 84929192680     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.5b00585     Document Type: Article

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