Understanding weathering of oil sands ores by atomic force microscopy

AIChE Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3277-3285

  Ren, Sili ^a   Zhao, Hongying ^a   Long, Jun ^a   Xu, Zhenghe ^a   Masliyah, Jacob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Bitumen extraction; Colloidal forces; Oil sands; Weathered ores

Indexed keywords

ADHESION FORCES; AERATION EFFICIENCIES; ATTRACTIVE FORCE; BITUMEN EXTRACTION; BITUMEN LIBERATION; COLLOIDAL FORCES; COLLOIDAL INTERACTION; EXTENDED DLVO THEORY; FINE SOLIDS; FORCE PROFILE; LONG RANGE INTERACTIONS; LONG-RANGE FORCES; PROCESSABILITY; SOLID PARTICLES; SOLID SURFACE; WEATHERED ORES;

ADHESION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMS; EROSION; MINERALS; OIL SANDS; ORE TREATMENT; ORES; SAND; WEATHERING;

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 72149108474     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12000     Document Type: Article

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