Wettability determination of solids isolated from oil sands

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 337, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 80-90

  Dang Vu, Trong ^a   Jha, Rahul ^a   Wu, Shiau Yin ^a   Tannant, Dwayne D ^a   Masliyah, Jacob ^a   Xu, Zhenghe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Oil sands; Solids wettability; Solvent washing; Water drop penetration time

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; DROPS; FLOTATION; METAL REFINING; MINERALS; OIL SANDS; ORE TREATMENT; ORES; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SAND; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SOLVENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION; WASHING; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ATHABASCA OIL SANDS; CRITICAL SURFACE TENSIONS; FLOTATION CELLS; SOLIDS WETTABILITY; SOLVENT WASHING; SURFACE COMPOSITIONS; WATER DROP PENETRATION TIME; WATER-BASED; WETTABILITY MEASUREMENTS; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPIES;

EXTRACTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SURFACE TENSION; WETTABILITY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 59549094305     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2008.11.055     Document Type: Article

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