Flocculation of precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) by cationic tapioca starch with different charge densities. I: Experimental

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 414, Issue , 2012, Pages 512-519

  Sang, Yizhou ^a   Englezos, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cationic starch; Floc structure; Flocculation kinetics; Precipitated calcium carbonate

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHARGE DENSITY; FLOCCULATION; FRACTAL DIMENSION; IONIC STRENGTH; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

CATIONIC STARCHES; CATIONIC TAPIOCA STARCH; CENTRAL COMPOSITE; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; FLOC SIZE; FLOC STRUCTURE; MASS FRACTAL DIMENSION; POLYMER DOSAGE; PRECIPITATED CALCIUM CARBONATE; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; SMALL-ANGLE STATIC LIGHT SCATTERINGS; STATISTICAL DESIGN;

STARCH;

EID: 84868349894     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2012.07.019     Document Type: Article

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