ab s t r ac tInduction time data in CaCO 3 precipitation were determined by an electrochemical technique. The alkaline environment surrounding the cathode surface promotes CaCO 3 precipitation. The data were measured using simulated sea water solutions without the interfering presence of magnesium ions. The effect of current intensity on induction time was successfully correlated by a modified form of the classical nucleation equation. Data indicating the inception of precipitation by the first detectable decrease in solution concentration were also successfully correlated with a model based on population balance crystallization theory.
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