Influence of unadsorbed and weakly adsorbed flocculants on separation properties of kaolin suspensions

International Journal of Mineral Processing

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 101-109

  Besra, L ^a,b   Sengupta, D K ^b   Roy, S K ^c  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CSIR INSTITUTE OF MINERALS AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Chemisorption; Filtration; Flocculation; Physisorption; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CHEMISORPTION; FILTRATION; KAOLIN; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SEDIMENTATION; SEPARATION;

FLOCCULANTS; PHYSISORPTION; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

FLOCCULATION;

EID: 28844437721     PISSN: 03017516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.minpro.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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