Novel polymer aids for low-grade oil sand ore processing

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 168-176

  Li, Haihong ^a   Long, Jun ^a   Xu, Zhenghe ^a   Masliyah, Jacob H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

AFM; Bitumen extraction; Hybrid polyacrylamide; Oil sands; Tailings treatment

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ADHESION; ALUMINUM; ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS; ASSOCIATIVE STORAGE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CLAY MINERALS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; OIL SANDS; ORE TREATMENT; ORES; PNEUMATIC DRIVES; POLYMERS; PULSE AMPLITUDE MODULATION; SAND;

ADHESION FORCES; AFM; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPES; BITUMEN EXTRACTION; BITUMEN EXTRACTIONS; BITUMEN RECOVERIES; COLLOIDAL INTERACTIONS; DUAL SYSTEMS; HYBRID POLYACRYLAMIDE; LOW DOSAGES; NOVEL POLYMERS; OIL SAND ORES; PARTIALLY HYDROLYZED POLYACRYLAMIDE; POLYACRYLAMIDE; TAILINGS TREATMENT;

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 54949104396     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.20030     Document Type: Article

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