Effect of Solution Stoichiometry on BaSO4 Crystallization from Turbidity Measurements and Modeling

The impact of solution stoichiometry on the nucleation and growth of BaSO was studied by measuring solution transmittance and subsequent fitting to a crystallization model. Our results show that a large excess of either Ba or SO ions inhibits both the nucleation and growth of BaSO. However, for a sm...

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Autores: Peters, V. F. D., Baken, Annet, Seepma, S. Y. M. H., Koskamp, J. A., Fernandez-Martinez, A., Van Driessche, Alexander E. S., Wolthers, M.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/354589
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/354589
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Nucleation
Stoichiometry
Sulfur compounds
Crystallization modeling
Measurements and modeling
Nucleation and growth
Rate models
Semi-empirical
SO 4 2-
Turbidity measurements
Turbidity modeling
Barium sulfate
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Sumario:The impact of solution stoichiometry on the nucleation and growth of BaSO was studied by measuring solution transmittance and subsequent fitting to a crystallization model. Our results show that a large excess of either Ba or SO ions inhibits both the nucleation and growth of BaSO. However, for a small excess of Ba, the growth is enhanced. The dependence of nucleation and growth rates on supersaturation and solution stoichiometry was captured by a semiempirical rate model. Hence, the solution stoichiometry is a highly relevant parameter while studying all aspects of BaSO crystallization, and it could be worthwhile to examine other minerals similarly.