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http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/22829| Title: | The Dead Sea—A live pool of chemicals |
| Authors: | Wisniak, Jaime |
| Issue Date: | Jan-2002 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| Abstract: | The Dead Sea has been a source of chemicals since ancient times. Large scale production of potash by solar evaporation started in 1931 and today the Dead Sea is intensively exploited by Israel and Jordan as a major source of potash, bromine, and magnesium, for agriculture and the chemical and automotive industries. A smart coupling of solar evaporation and knowledge of the complex phase diagram allows a one-to-one easy separation of the principal salts present in the brine. A description of the properties of the Dead Sea is provided together with a chemical engineering analysis of the processes used to realize its commercial potential. |
| Page(s): | 79-87 |
| ISSN: | 0975-0991 (Online); 0971-457X (Print) |
| Appears in Collections: | IJCT Vol.09(1) [January 2002] |
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