The flocculation of kaolin with polyacrylamides

Flocculation occurs when high molecular mass organic molecules form bridges between particles, causing them to aggregate. This modifies the sedimentation properties of the mineral slurry. Thus classical measures of flocculation, among them the settled bed height and the supernatant turbidity, have tended to focus on the properties of the suspension rather than the flocculant. The kaolin - polyacrylamide system is investigated in this study.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Centre for Materials Engineering

Year dc:date.issued

1982

Author dc:creator

• Paterson, Adrian

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Heckroodt, Oelof

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9961

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/9961