A fundamental study of the selective hydrophobic coagulation process

It has been found that naturally hydrophobic carbonaceous materials such as coal and graphite can be selectively coagulated and separated from hydrophilic impurities without the use of oily agglomerants, flocculants or electrolytes. The coagulation occurs at ζ-potentials significantly higher than th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Honaker, Ricky Quay
Other Authors: Mining and Minerals Engineering
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/38333
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06062008-165559/