CALCIUM CARBONATE MINERALIZATION: PART II: EFFECT OF POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) AND PLURONIC® MOLECULAR WEIGHT ON FORMATION OF PRECIPITATE
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Wroclaw University of Technology
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Maria Curie-Sklodowska University
Publication date: 2015-02-19
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Izabela Polowczyk
Wroclaw University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
Zygmunt Sadowski
Wroclaw University of Technology, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2015;51(2):587-600
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In this study the role of polymers and Pluronic® molecular weight in precipitation of calcium carbonate was examined. The CaCO3 particles were characterized by FTIR spectroscopy, X-ray, SEM and particle size distribution analysis. In absence and presence of modifiers, mixing of the reagents led to the formation of calcite crystals. The calcium carbonate obtained with poly(ethylene glycol) and Pluronic® was characterized by smaller diameter in comparison with the one without modifiers. It was observed that using compounds with different molecular weights has no obvious effect on the form and properties of precipitated calcium carbonate particles.