ABSTRACT

Keeping pace with explosive developments in the field, Colloidal Science of Flotation reviews and updates the fundamentals of the bubble-particle collection phenomenon using a self-consistent approach that helps readers understand the hydrodynamic aspects of bubble-particle collection. The authors examine bubble rise velocity, water velocity

part |2 pages

PART 1 INTRODUCTION

chapter 1|16 pages

FLOTATION AND THE FLOTATION PROCESS

chapter 2|12 pages

COLLOIDAL ASPECTS OF FLOTATION

part |2 pages

PART 2 DYNAMICS OF PARTICLES AND BUBBLES IN FLOTATION

chapter 3|36 pages

HYDRODYNAMICS

chapter 4|30 pages

PARTICLE SETTLING VELOCITY

chapter 5|24 pages

BUBBLE RISE VELOCITY

chapter 6|32 pages

WATER VELOCITY AROUND AIR BUBBLES

chapter 7|18 pages

MOTION OF PARTICLES IN FLOTATION

chapter 8|10 pages

BUBBLE-PARTICLE INTERACTION

part |2 pages

PART 3 BUBBLE-PARTICLE ENCOUNTER INTERACTION

chapter 9|12 pages

DETERMINATION OF ENCOUNTER EFFICIENCY

chapter 10|12 pages

MOTION OF PARTICLES DIVERTED BY BUBBLES

chapter 11|30 pages

THEO RY OF ENCOUNTER EFFICIENCY

part |2 pages

PART 4 BUBBLE-ARTICLE ATTACHMENT INTERACTION

chapter 13|28 pages

CONTACT T IME THEORIES

chapter 14|12 pages

PROPERTIES OF THE INTERVENING LIQUID FILMS

chapter 15|26 pages

VANDER WAALS FORCES

chapter 16|36 pages

ELECTRICAL DOUBLE-LAYER FORCES

chapter 17|28 pages

NON-DLVO SURFACE FORCES

chapter 18|28 pages

THINNING OF INTERVENING LIQUID FILMS

chapter 19|30 pages

RUPTURE OF THE INTERVENING LIQUID FILM

chapter 21|26 pages

THREE-PHASE CONTACT EXPANSION

chapter 22|18 pages

MODELING OF ATTACHMENT EFFICIENCY

part |2 pages

PART 5 STABILITY OFBUBBLE- PARTICLEAGGREGATES

part |2 pages

PART 6 FLOTATION FROTH

chapter 27|26 pages

FROTH STRUCTURE

chapter 28|32 pages

FROTH DRAINAGE

chapter 29|34 pages

MACROSCOPIC PROCESSES IN FROTH

part |2 pages

PART 7 FLOTATION KINETICS

chapter 30|36 pages

KINETIC MODELS FOR FLOTATION

chapter 31|30 pages

EFFECTS OF PARTICLE SIZE IN FLOTATION

part |2 pages

PART 8 INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS

chapter 32|30 pages

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS