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SUPERSATURATION, INDUCTION PERIOD, AND METASTABLE ZONE WIDTH OF CaCl2—Na2C03—HCl SYSTEM 

Authors: Clifford Y. Tai - Corresponding author. Tel.: 886-2-23620832, Fax: 886-2-2362-3040, e-mail: chienwc@ms.cc.edu.twa;  Wen-Chen Chien a;  Jyh-Ping Hsu a; Chuang-Chung Lee a
Affiliation:   a Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
DOI: 10.1080/00986440108912906
Publication Frequency: 12 issues per year
Published in: journal Chemical Engineering Communications, Volume 188, Issue 1 October 2001 , pages 243 - 263
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Abstract

The supersaturation, induction period, and mctastablc zone width ofan aqueous supersaturated solution of CaC2—Na2C03—HCl system are studied in the present paper. The supersaturation is varied and predicted within a reasonable accuracy when a specified amount of HCl(aq) is added into the aqueous supersaturated CaC2—Na2C03—HCl solution. It is found that the decrease of solution supersaturation at low pH is caused mainly by the decrease of carbonate ions. Then, the induction periods are estimated by using the coagulation theory and they can be expressed as a function of supersaturation alone, which results from different values of reagent concentration and pH. Finally, the theoretical metastable zone widths based on arbitrary induction periods are obtained. Meanwhile, the induction periods are measured at various levels of reagent concentration and solution pH by applying the conductivity method. Accordingly, the metastable zone widths are determined experimentally and compared with the theoretical results. It is concluded that the present method is an useful tool for determining the metastable zone width of aqueous supersaturated CaC2—Na2C03—HCl solution.
Keywords: Supersaturation; Induction period; Metastable zone width; Calcium carbonate
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