Formation of colloidal dispersion gels from aqueous polyacrylamide solutions

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 317, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 504-511

  Bjørsvik, Magny ^a   Høiland, Harald ^a   Skauge, Arne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

CDG; Electrophoretic mobility; Polyacrylamide and aluminum citrate; Salinity; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CROSSLINKING; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; HYDROLYSIS; PH EFFECTS; POLYACRYLATES; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

ALUMINUM CITRATE; COLLOIDAL DISPERSION GELS; ELECTROPHORETIC MEASUREMENTS;

COLLOIDS;

ALUMINUM CITRATE; POLYACRYLAMIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROSS LINKING; DISPERSION; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLOW KINETICS; GEL; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME; VISCOSITY;

EID: 39149123802     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2007.11.025     Document Type: Article

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