Nanoparticle flotation collectors: Mechanisms behind a new technology

Langmuir

Volumn 27, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 10438-10446

  Yang, Songtao ^a   Pelton, Robert ^a   Raegen, Adam ^a   Montgomery, Miles ^a   Dalnoki Veress, Kari ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR BUBBLES; AIR/WATER INTERFACES; AQUEOUS PHASE; BEAD SURFACE; COATED GLASS; CONTACT AREAS; CONTACT PATCH; FLOTATION COLLECTORS; FLOTATION EFFICIENCY; GLASS BEAD; HYDROPHILIC MINERALS; HYDROPHILIC SURFACES; HYDROPHOBIC NANOPARTICLES; NEW MODEL; POLYSTYRENE NANOPARTICLES; PULL-OFF FORCES; THREE-PHASE CONTACT LINE;

ADSORPTION; ANGLE MEASUREMENT; CONTACT ANGLE; FLOTATION; GLASS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MAGNETIC BUBBLES; PHASE INTERFACES; POLYSTYRENES; SILICATE MINERALS;

NANOPARTICLES;

GLASS; NANOPARTICLE; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; WATER;

ADSORPTION; AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ADSORPTION; AIR; GLASS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYSTYRENES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

EID: 80052197221     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la2016534     Document Type: Article

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