Respirable coal dust control using surfactants

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 957-963

  Tien, Jerry C ^a   Kim, Jin ^a  

^a University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIONIC SURFACTANT; CATIONIC SURFACTANT; COAL; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SURFACTANT; WATER;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DUST CONTROL; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WETTABILITY;

EID: 0031431137     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1997.10390635     Document Type: Article

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