Investigation on foaming properties of some organics for oily bubble bitumen flotation

International Journal of Mineral Processing

Volumn 90, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 90-96

  Tarkan, H M ^a   Bayliss, D K ^b   Finch, J A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bitumen; Flotation; Oily bubble

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; BINARY MIXTURES; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; ETHERS; EXTRACTION; FLOTATION; HEXANE; PARAFFINS; SILICONES; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SOLVENTS; SURFACE TENSION; TOLUENE; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

AIR BUBBLES; AQUEOUS SYSTEMS; BITUMEN; BITUMEN FLOTATIONS; BITUMEN RECOVERIES; BITUMEN SURFACES; BUBBLE STABILITIES; COATED BUBBLES; FOAMING AGENTS; FOAMING PROPERTIES; HEXADECANE; OILY BUBBLE; ONE WAYS; ORGANICS; SILICONE OILS;

FROTH FLOTATION;

EID: 58249119817     PISSN: 03017516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.minpro.2008.10.008     Document Type: Article

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