Role of colloidal interactions in oil sand tailings treatment

AIChE Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 371-383

  Long, J ^a   Li, H ^a   Xu, Z ^a   Masliyah, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adhesion force; AFM; Colloid force; Polyacrylamide; Tailings settling

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CLAY; COLLOIDS; PH EFFECTS; SAND;

ADHESION FORCES; COLLOID FORCES; POLYACRYLAMIDES; TAILINGS SETTLING;

TAILINGS;

ADHESION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CLAY; COLLOIDS; PH EFFECTS; SAND; TAILINGS;

EID: 33645320001     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10603     Document Type: Article

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