Dissolution and Mechanism of Tincal in Ammonium Carbonate Solutions

Abstract

In this paper the dissolution and mechanism of tincal, sodium

tetraborate decahydrate (Na₂B₄O₇·10H₂O), in ammonium carbonate

solutions using the effects parameters of reaction temperature, solution

concentration, solid to liquid ratio, particle size and stirring speed. The

results showed that the dissolution rate increased with increasing solution

concentration and reaction temperature and increased with decreasing

particle size and solid to liquid ratio. It was also determined that stirring

speed exerted no significant effect on dissolution rate.