Abstract
AbstractThe effects of temperature, supersaturation, excess of reacting component salts and method of precipitation on the batchwise precipitation of potash alum crystals, by mixing aqueous solutions of potassium sulphate and aluminium sulphate, have been investigated. From the primary characteristics of the process (crystal size, size distribution and yield) relative crystal growth rates and relative nucleation rates are calculated and interrelation of these rates with the corresponding supersaturation leads to a value of the nucleation order. It is concluded that secondary nucleation plays an important role in the batch precipitation of potash alum crystals.
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