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Carboxylic acids: effective inhibitors for calcium sulfate precipitation?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

Taher Rabizadeh ,
Caroline L. Peacock  and
Liane G. Benning
Taher Rabizadeh*
Affiliation:
Cohen Geochemistry Laboratory, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
Caroline L. Peacock
Affiliation:
Cohen Geochemistry Laboratory, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
Liane G. Benning*
Affiliation:
Cohen Geochemistry Laboratory, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds LS2 9JT, UK GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany
*
* E-mail: eetr@leeds.ac.uk
* E-mail: L.G.Benning@leeds.ac.uk
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Results are reported here of an investigation into the effects of three carboxylic acid additives (tartaric, maleic and citric acids) on the precipitation of calcium sulfate phases. Precipitation reactions were followed at pH 7 in the pure CaSO4 system and in experiments with 0–20 ppm carboxylic acids added using in situ UV-VIS spectrophotometry (turbidity). The solid products were characterized in terms of their mineralogical composition, using X-ray diffraction, during and at the end of each reaction, and in terms of their morphological features, by scanning electron microscopy. All additives increased the time needed for turbidity to develop (induction time, start of precipitation) and the comparison between additive and additive-free experiments showed that, at equivalent concentrations, citric acid performed far better than the other two carboxylic acids. In all cases bassanite precipitated first and with time it transformed to gypsum. The addition of citrate stabilized bassanite and changed the final gypsum habit from typical needle-like crystals in the pure CaSO4 system to plates in the citrate-additive experiments.

Keywords

gypsumbassanitecarboxylic acidsinhibitioncrystallization.
Type
Research Article
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 78 , Issue 6 , November 2014 , pp. 1465 - 1472
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