Effect of molecular weight and charge density on the performance of polyacrylamide in low-grade oil sand ore processing

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 177-185

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bitumen extraction; Bitumen flotation; HPAM; Oil sands; Tailings

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ADHESION; CHARGE DENSITY; CLAY MINERALS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOTATION; MINERALS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OIL SANDS; ORE TREATMENT; ORES; POLYMERS;

ADHESION FORCES; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPES; BITUMEN EXTRACTION; BITUMEN EXTRACTIONS; BITUMEN FLOTATION; BITUMEN RECOVERIES; DISPERSANTS; HPAM; IN PROCESSING; INTERACTION FORCES; OIL SAND ORES; PARTIALLY HYDROLYZED POLYACRYLAMIDE; POLYACRYLAMIDE; SETTLING TESTS;

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 54949105053     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.20029     Document Type: Article

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