Mitigation of sound waves by wet aqueous foams

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 344, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 48-55

  Britan, A ^a   Liverts, M ^a   Ben Dor, G ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aqueous particulate foam; Sound attenuation

Indexed keywords

COAL ASH; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; FLY ASH; STANDING WAVE METERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AQUEOUS FOAMS; AQUEOUS/PARTICULATE FOAM; COAL FLY ASH; DRAINAGE RATE; FOAM DRAINAGE; MASS CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; SINGLE-PULSE; SOUND ATTENUATION; SOUND WAVES; STABLE FOAMS; WAVE METHOD;

WAVES;

COAL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID FLOW; FLY ASH; FOAM; GEOMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND;

EID: 67349148890     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2009.02.011     Document Type: Article

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