Microfluidic investigation of pore-size dependency of barite nucleation
Abstract The understanding and prediction of mineral precipitation processes in porous media are relevant for various energy-related subsurface applications. While it is well known that thermodynamic effects can inhibit crystallization in pores with sizes <0.1 µm, the retarded observation of mine...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2023-11-01
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Series: | Communications Chemistry |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-023-01049-3 |