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Preparation, Characterization, and Formation Mechanism of Calcium Sulfate Hemihydrate Whiskers

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Calcium sulfate hemihydrate whiskers were synthesized successfully via one-step hydrothermal crystallization method using phosphogypsum at 130 °C for 240 min with an initial slurry mass fraction of 2.5wt%. The phase compositions, microstructures, thermal properties and molecular structures of asprepared samples were analyzed by XRD, ESEM, EDS, TG-DTA, and FT-IR. The influence of raw materials’ ball-milling time on the morphologies of whiskers was investigated. The effects of impurities on crystallization morphologies and length to diameter ratio (L/D) of calcium sulfate hemihydrate whiskers were studied. The results indicated that the calcium sulfate dihydrate crystalline could be translated directly into fibrous calcium sulfate hemihydrate whiskers. It was beneficial to form fine fiber structure when the ball-milling time of the raw material was 15 min. Aspect ratio of calcium sulfate hemihydrate whiskers decreased with increasing content of impurities. Moreover, the relative growth mechanism of whisker crystals via one-step hydrothermal crystallization method was discussed in detail.

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  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, 621010, China

    Shuzhou Wang  (王舒州) & Deyu Chen  (陈德玉)

  2. Institute of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China

    Keke Zhang

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Wang, S., Chen, D. & Zhang, K. Preparation, Characterization, and Formation Mechanism of Calcium Sulfate Hemihydrate Whiskers. J. Wuhan Univ. Technol.-Mat. Sci. Edit. 33, 1407–1415 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11595-018-1983-9

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