Assessment of the effects of acetic, oxalic, and tricarballylic acids on struvite crystallization: characterisation and kinetic studies

This work reports the characteristics and thermal decomposition kinetics of struvite crystals prepared with and without acetic acid, oxalic acid, and tricarballylic acid as additives. Firstly, the structure, functional groups, surface charge, morphology, particle size, and filtration characteristics of the crystals prepared with and without the additives were determined. All carboxylic acids used in this study were found to significantly affect...