Effects of surface activities of extractants on drop coalescence and breakage in a mixer-settler

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 41, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 5477-5482

  Ban, Takahiko ^a   Kawaizumi, Fumio ^b   Nii, Susumu ^b   Takahashi, Katsuroku ^b  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SURFACE TENSION;

EXTRACTANTS;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

COALESCENCE; DROPLET; LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AGITATION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; EXTRACTION; FLOW RATE; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 0037201933     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie020227y     Document Type: Article

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