Flocculation and dewatering of Alberta oil sands tailings
โ Scribed by S.Ramachandra Rao
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 479 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0301-7516
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A high water holding capacity of oil sands fine tailing has been attributed to the presence of ultrafine ( < 0.2 km) clay fractions. On the basis of hydrophobic character two major types of ultrafines are recognized: biwetted, associated with a significant coverage or organic matter and preferential
## Considerable quantities of organic material, insoluble in common organic solvents, are known to be associated with the inorganic minerals present in oil sands. This insoluble organic matter (IOM) consists of both humic and non-humic components containing numerous oxygen functions. In this inves