Floatability, selectivity and flotation separation of plastics by using a surfactant

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 63-70

  Shen, Huiting ^a   Pugh, R J ^b   Forssberg, E ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE FOR SURFACE CHEMISTRY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gamma flotation; Plastics flotation; Plastics recycling; Surface tension; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; CONTACT ANGLE; FLOTATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION;

NONIONIC SURFACTANTS;

PLASTICS;

PLASTIC; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; CONTACT ANGLE; DENSITY; GRAVITY; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SURFACE TENSION; WETTABILITY;

EID: 0036138228     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-7757(01)00706-3     Document Type: Article

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1. Recovering plastics for recycling by mineral processing techniques
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4. Surface and interfacial tensions of polymers, oligomers, plasticisers, and organic pigments