Steric stabilization of inorganic suspen
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Lourdes Calvo; Justin D. Holmes; Matthew Z. Yates; Keith P. Johnston
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Article
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2000
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Nonionic and ionic surfactants with poly(fluoroacrylate), poly(fluoroether) or poly(dimethyl siloxane) tails stabilize hydrophilic and hydrophobic silica suspensions in carbon dioxide for hours as shown with turbidimetry. For hydrophilic silica, surfactant head groups with carboxylate, carboxylic ac