Size fractionation of gas-filled microspheres by flotation

Separations Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 219-226

  Kvale, Svein ^a,b,c   Jakobsen, Hugo A ^a   Asbjørnsen, Odd A ^a   Omtveit, Tore ^a  

^a NYCOMED IMAGING AS   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Experiments; Flotation; Microspheres; Modeling; Separation; Ultrasonic contrast agent

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; FLOTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PROCESS CONTROL; SPHERES; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

GAS FILLED MICROSPHERES; SIZE FRACTIONATION; SONICATION; ULTRASONIC CONTRAST AGENT;

SIZE SEPARATION;

EID: 0030263818     PISSN: 09569618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-9618(96)00157-9     Document Type: Article

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