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2009 , Vol. 3 >Issue 1: 73 - 77

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11705-009-0091-y

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Primary nucleation of lithium carbonate

  • Yuzhu SUN ,
  • Xingfu SONG ,
  • Jin WANG ,
  • Yan LUO ,
  • Jianguo YU
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  • State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China

Received date: 01 Aug 2008

Accepted date: 31 Oct 2008

Published date: 05 Mar 2009

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Abstract

A set of laser apparatus was used to explore the induction period and the primary nucleation of lithium carbonate. Results show that the induction period increases with the decrease of supersaturation, temperature and stirring speed. Through the classical theory of primary nucleation, many important properties involved in primary nucleation under different conditions were obtained quantitatively, including the interfacial tension between solid and liquid, contact angle, critical nucleus size, critical nuleation free energy etc.

Key words： lithium carbonate; primary nucleation; reactive crystallization; induction period

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Yuzhu SUN , Xingfu SONG , Jin WANG , Yan LUO , Jianguo YU . Primary nucleation of lithium carbonate[J]. Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 2009 , 3(1) : 73 -77 . DOI: 10.1007/s11705-009-0091-y

Acknowledgements

This work was financially supported by Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project (Project No. B506).

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