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Emulsification studies show that the combination of an oil-soluble surfactant and water-soluble surfactants with oil can produce a stable, water-dispersive emulsion. In particular, with the addition of a nonionic wetting surfactant, emulsified oil is highly dispersed in water with an oil/water droplet size of 5 to 35 um. Photography demonstrates that such droplets can quickly adsorb on and spread at the coal/water interface, significantly improving the flotation response of coal.
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Yu, Q., Ye, Y., Miller, J.D. (1990). A Study of Surfactant/Oil Emulsions for Fine Coal Flotation. In: Hanna, J., Attia, Y.A. (eds) Advances in Fine Particles Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7959-1_29
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