Flora of Australia Supplementary Series 17

Abstract

The determination of reactive fractal dimension was carried out using two forms of the Noyes-Whitney equation, -dQ/dt = K(Q/Q0)DR/3 and -dQ/dt = K'RDR-3 using the Richardson plot on the basis of previous data obtained by dissolution of an orthoboric acid powder. The correlation of the results provided by the two ways of calculation allows proposal of the hypothesis that dissolution begins on a specific population of reactive sites and probably promotes the formation of microporous volumes or cracks.