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Floatability of polymer materials modulated by frothers.
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Waste management (New York, N.Y.) [Waste Manag] 2013 Dec; Vol. 33 (12), pp. 2623-31. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Sep 29. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Flotation tests of 35 polymer materials were carried out to investigate their floatability modulated by frothers. Results of flotation tests demonstrated that polymer resins and soft PVC showed high floatability, floatability of hard PVC plastics was relatively low and was related to the frothers, and there exists significant difference in the floatability of different post-consumer plastics. Flotation rate of post-consumer plastics varies from 0% to 100%. Furthermore, three-category low-energy surface (LES) was defined based on the hydrophile index of the materials involved in this paper, and an adsorption model was proposed to explain the results of flotation and to discuss the floatability of polymer materials modulated by frothers. Frother molecules are prone to adsorb on the surface of bubble rather than LES at relatively low concentration, bubble adsorbed by frother molecules is prone to approach first-category LES rather than third-category LES, and the structure of liquid film is formed on the first-category LES at large concentration. Floatability of polymer materials modulated by frothers is further discussed: frothers increase the floatability of the first-category LES but decrease the floatability of the third-category LES, while the floatability of the second-category LES is related to the type of frothers.<br /> (Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
- Subjects :
- Adsorption
Models, Chemical
Polymers chemistry
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1879-2456
- Volume :
- 33
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Waste management (New York, N.Y.)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 24084102
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2013.09.003