Inorganic Chemicals Industry ›› 2021, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (7): 53-57.doi: 10.19964/j.issn.1006-4990.2020-0488

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Study on the crystallization process and agglomeration mechanism of spherical KCl

Chen Xulong1(),Dong Weibing2,3,Wan Junfeng2,Wang Dongdong2,Wang Gang2,3()   

  1. 1. College of Physics and Electronic Information Engineering,Qinghai University Nationalities,Xining 810007,China
    2. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,Qinghai Nationalities University
    3. Key Laboratory of Resource Chemistry and Ecological Environment Protection of the Qinghai Tiber Plateall
  • Received:2020-08-31 Online:2021-07-10 Published:2021-07-13
  • Contact: Wang Gang E-mail:xu_long_chen@163.com;wanggang5208@163.com

Abstract:

Aiming at the problems of unknown crystallization process and agglomeration mechanism of spherical KCl,two different morphologies of KCl at different crystallization stages were prepared and the crystal morphology and particle size distribution were characterized by cooling crystallization method through process sampling.Thus,the crystallization process of spherical KCl was comparatively analyzed.Based on the thermodynamics of crystallization,the classical Wetting Theory and the Lifshitz-Van der Waals acid-base approach,it was explained that the main mechanism of the formation of spherical KCl was that the width of crystallization metastable zone had been narrower and the adhesion free energy between crystal particles in the solution had been increased by addition of additives.Therefore,it was easier for the system to achieve spherical crystallization by agglomeration.The simultaneous adjustment of the reduction of the metastable zone and the increase of adhesion free energy between crystal particles in the solution was helpful to realize the spherical crystallization of KCl.

Key words: KCl, sphericity, rystallization process, agglomeration mechanism

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