School of Mineral Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China.
Sci Rep. 2017 Aug 1;7(1):7085. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-07548-3.
A facile method to transform flue gas desulfurization gypsum (FGD gypsum) to α- calcium sulfate hemihydrate (α-HH) whiskers with high aspect ratios mediated by cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and KCl in glycerol-water solutions was studied. Addition of KCl facilitated the dissolution of calcium sulfate dihydrate (DH) and created a much higher supersaturation, which could come into being a larger driving force for the phase transformation from DH to α-HH. CTAB as the crystal modifier can significantly promoted 1-D growth of α-HH whiskers along the c axis and the presence of 0.25% CTAB (by weight of FGD gypsum) resulted in the increase of the average aspect ratio of α-HH whiskers from 28.9 to 188.4, which might be attributed to the preferential adsorption of CH(CH)N on the negative side facets of α-HH crystal.
研究了在甘油-水溶液中,十六烷基三甲基溴化铵(CTAB)和 KCl 介导的简便方法,将烟气脱硫石膏(FGD 石膏)转化为具有高纵横比的α-半水硫酸钙(α-HH)晶须。添加 KCl 促进了二水硫酸钙(DH)的溶解,并产生了更高的过饱和度,这为从 DH 向 α-HH 的相转变提供了更大的驱动力。CTAB 作为晶型改性剂,可以显著促进α-HH 晶须沿 c 轴的一维生长,而添加 0.25%CTAB(以 FGD 石膏的重量计)使α-HH 晶须的平均纵横比从 28.9 增加到 188.4,这可能归因于 CH(CH)N 在α-HH 晶体的负侧面对的优先吸附。