Influence of foreign materials upon the thermal decomposition of dolomite, calcite and magnesite. Part III. The effect of the thermal dissociation and sulphation conditions on the capture of sulphur dioxide

Abstract Thermogravimetric methods have been used at atmospheric pressure to obtain data on the sulphation of calcite, dolomite and magnesite under a variety of different experimental conditions. The results obtained indicate that the sulphation process may be influenced by a large number of factors. The data also suggest that in the case of calcite and dolomite the formation of sulphates may follow a more complicated reaction path then hitherto supposed.