Correlation of shear flocculation of some salt-type minerals with their wettability parameter

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1341-1348

  Ozkan, A ^a   Uslu, Z ^a   Duzyol, S ^a   Ucbeyiay, H ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Barite; Calcite; Celestite; Critical surface tension of wetting; Shear flocculation

Indexed keywords

BARITE; CALCITE; METHANOL; SALTS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION; WETTING;

CELESTITE; CRITICAL SURFACE TENSION; SHEAR FLOCCULATION;

FLOCCULATION;

BARITE; CALCITE; FLOCCULATION; METHANOL; SALTS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION; WETTING;

EID: 34948866845     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2006.10.018     Document Type: Article

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