Solution Chemistry
Minerals and Reagents

P. Somasundaran (Author), Dianzuo Wang (Author)

9780444520593, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 28 September 2006

228 pages
24 x 16.5 x 2 cm, 0.56 kg

Surfactants have been used for many industrial processes such as flotation, enhanced oil recovery, soil remediation and cleansing. Flotation technology itself has been used in industry since the end of the 19th century, and even today it is an important method for mineral processing and its application range is expanding to other areas. This technology has been used in the treatment of wastewater, industrial waste materials, separation and recycling of municipal waste, and some unit processes of chemical engineering. The efficiency of all these operations depends primarily on the interactions among surfactants, solids and media.

In this book, the fundamentals of solution chemistry of mineral/surfactant systems are discussed, as well as the important calculations involved. The influence of relevant physico-chemical conditions are also presented in detail.

Preface1 Introduction2 Solution Equilibria3 Mineral-Solution Equilibria4 Mineral-Reagent Equilibria5 Application of Reagents and Structure-Property RelationshipReferenceSymbolsIndex

Subject Areas: Physical chemistry [PNR], Condensed matter physics [liquid state & solid state physics PHFC]