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Rates of dissolution of potash ore
Author(s) -
Husband W. H. W.,
Ozsahin Selim
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
the canadian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1939-019X
pISSN - 0008-4034
DOI - 10.1002/cjce.5450450410
Subject(s) - potash , dissolution , natural (archaeology) , environmental science , mining engineering , mineralogy , geology , metallurgy , engineering , potassium , materials science , chemical engineering , paleontology
A long‐term program was undertaken in 1960 at the Saskatchewan Research Council to study the feasibility of solution mining potash ore. Appropriate scientific and engineering data for such a study were not available in the technical literature. Consequently laboratory studies were carried out to determine the dissolution rates of potash ore under conditions of natural convection mass transfer from vertical surfaces. The paper summarizes the methods used and the data obtained for the dissolution of potash ore. Both theory and data on the dissolution rates of soluble salts under natural convection conditions are inadequate for industrial purposes and areas of additional research are indicated.