期刊
COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES
卷 5, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/colloids5010009
关键词
interfacial tension; frothers; microfluidics; bubble generation frequency
资金
- Joint Research Centre for In-Line Chemical and Mineral Sensing for Sustainable Mineral Processing Australia-China Fund [JRCAF-55]
- SA Government through the PRIF RCP Mining Consortium 'Unlocking Complex Resources through Lean Processing'
The study presents a simple method for interfacial tension determination using a microfluidic device with flow-focusing geometry. By correlating bubble generation frequency with the concentration of two flotation frothers, the results obtained are compared with equilibrium interfacial tension values determined using classical profile analysis tensiometry.
Currently there are no available methods for in-line measurement of gas-liquid interfacial tension during the flotation process. Microfluidic devices have the potential to be deployed in such settings to allow for a rapid in-line determination of the interfacial tension, and hence provide information on frother concentration. This paper presents the development of a simple method for interfacial tension determination based on a microfluidic device with a flow-focusing geometry. The bubble generation frequency in such a microfluidic device is correlated with the concentration of two flotation frothers (characterized by very different adsorption kinetic behavior). The results are compared with the equilibrium interfacial tension values determined using classical profile analysis tensiometry.
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