Inorganic Chemicals Industry ›› 2021, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (10): 41-46.doi: 10.19964/j.issn.1006-4990.2021-0037

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Study on nucleation kinetics of sodium sulfate-water system based on inverse solubility

Wang Yanfei(),Jiao Jian,Jiang Shuwan,Xu Shijie()   

  1. Tianjin Key Laboratory of Brine Chemical Engineering and Ecological Utilization of Resources,College of Chemical Engineering and Materials,Tianjin University of Science and Technology,Tianjin 300457,China
  • Received:2021-01-18 Online:2021-10-10 Published:2021-10-11
  • Contact: Xu Shijie E-mail:wangyanfei@tust.edu.cn;xushijie@tust.edu.cn

Abstract:

Based on the inverse solubility of sodium sulfate-water system,the nucleation behavior of sodium sulfate-water system was studied by focused light velocity reflection measurement.The effect of heating rate and saturation temperature on the width of metastable zone was investigated.The nucleation kinetic parameters were determined by classical nucleation theory model,and the effect of chemical potential and nucleation temperature on the nucleation rate was discussed.The results showed that smaller heating rate and higher saturation temperature will narrow the width of metastable zone.The chemical potential difference of solute in solid-liquid two-phase was the driving force of crystallization process,but it was not always conducive to nucleation process.The above research not only provides basic physical property data for the development of sodium sulfate heating crystallization process,but also helps to deeply understand the nucleation behavior of this system with inverse solubility in the heating crystallization process.

Key words: sodium sulfate, nucleation, metastable zone width, crystallization

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