Mechanistic study of magnesium carbonate semibatch reactive crystallization with magnesium hydroxide and CO2

Bing Han; Haiyan Qu; Harri Niemi; Zuoliang Sha; Marjatta Louhi-Kultanen

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Mechanistic study of magnesium carbonate semibatch reactive crystallization with magnesium hydroxide and CO₂

Bing Han^*, Haiyan Qu, Harri Niemi, Zuoliang Sha, Marjatta Louhi-Kultanen

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This work investigates semibatch precipitation of magnesium carbonate at ambient temperature and pressure using Mg(OH)₂ and CO₂ as starting materials. A thermal analysis method was developed that reflects the dissolution rate of Mg(OH)₂ and the formation of magnesium carbonate. The method was successfully used to determine the composition of solids precipitated from the reaction. Concentration profiles of Mg²⁺ and total carbon over time were determined from the liquid phase. The influence of CO₂ flow rate and stirring rate on precipitation was analyzed based on comprehensive information from the liquid and solid phases. A stirring rate of 650 rpm was found to be the optimum speed as the flow rate of CO₂ was 1 L/min. Precipitation rate increased with gas flow rate, which indicates that mass transfer of CO₂ plays a critical role in this precipitation case. Magnesium carbonate trihydrate (nesquehonite) was formed as a bunch of needle-like primary crystals.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	12077-12082
Number of pages	6
Journal	Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
Volume	53
Issue number	30
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/ie501706j
Publication status	Published - 30 Jul 2014
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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