The effect of salt concentration and pH on the solid-liquid separation of silica suspensions with a temperature-responsive flocculant

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 167-176

  O'Shea, John Paul ^a   Tallón, Carolina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consolidation; Flocculation; Poly(N isopropylacrylamide); Temperature responsive polymer

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE CONDITIONS; BATCH SETTLING; BRIDGING FLOCCULATION; ELECTROKINETIC; ELECTROSTATIC CONTRIBUTIONS; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; INFLUENCE OF PH; INTERPARTICLE ATTRACTIONS; N-ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDES; NACL CONCENTRATION; POLY(N-ISOPROPYL ACRYLAMIDE) (PNIPAM); SALT CONCENTRATION; SILICA SUSPENSIONS; SOLID-LIQUID SEPARATION; TEMPERATURE RESPONSIVE POLYMERS; TEMPERATURE-RESPONSIVE;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; ADSORPTION; ALKALINITY; AMIDES; FLOCCULATION; HYDROGELS; PH EFFECTS; SILICA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ZETA POTENTIAL;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 80053991741     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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