A simple numerical solution to the Ward-Tordai equation for the adsorption of non-ionic surfactants

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 146-153

  Li, Xueliang ^a   Shaw, Ryan ^a   Evans, Geoffrey M ^a   Stevenson, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diffusion controlled adsorption; Dynamic surface tension; Non ionic surfactants

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION DYNAMICS; BISECTION METHOD; NUMERICAL INTEGRATIONS; NUMERICAL SCHEME; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PSEUDO-CODE; ROOTFINDING; SOURCE CODES;

DIFFUSION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION;

ADSORPTION;

EID: 73649094472     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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