Biosurfactants as alternatives to chemosynthetic surfactants in controlling bubble behavior in the flotation process

Journal of Surfactants and Detergents

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 409-419

  Li, Yanpeng ^a,b   Yang, Liwei ^a   Zhu, Tingting ^a   Yang, Jingjing ^a   Ruan, Xiaodong ^c  

^a CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biosurfactant; Chemosynthetic surfactants; Flotation bubble; High speed photography

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; DEIONIZED WATER; FLOTATION; HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY; LIPIDS; METABOLITES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

BIO SURFACTANT; BUBBLE DEFORMATION; FLOTATION BUBBLES; FLOTATION COLUMNS; IMAGE ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; MARANGONI EFFECTS; SURFACTANT SOLUTION; TERMINAL VELOCITY;

FROTH FLOTATION;

EID: 84866181823     PISSN: 10973958     EISSN: 15589293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11743-012-1401-9     Document Type: Article

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