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					| Titre : | The effects of hydrophobicity and orientation of cubic particles on the stability of thin films |  
					| Type de document : | texte imprimé |  
					| Auteurs : | G. Morris, Auteur ; S.J. Neethling, Auteur ; J. J. Cilliers, Auteur |  
					| Année de publication : | 2011 |  
					| Article en page(s) : | pp. 979–984 |  
					| Note générale : | Génie Minier |  
					| Langues : | Anglais (eng) |  
					| Mots-clés : | Flotation froths Froth flotation Modelling Simulation |  
					| Résumé : | A three-dimensional model of a single cubic particle in a thin liquid film has been developed using the Surface Evolver (Brakke, 1992) program. It has been used to investigate the effect of a particle’s contact angle on its energetically stable orientations at a liquid–vapour interface and how these, in turn, affect the particle’s ability to stabilise a thin film. It has been found that depending on the contact angle there are two possible stable orientations for a cubic particle (termed horizontal and rotated) at a liquid–vapour interface. For a film containing a cubic particle in a rotated orientation it has been found that the capillary pressure required to rupture the film is roughly 30% of that required for a film containing a particle of the same contact angle but in a horizontal orientation. The probability of a particle adopting one orientation over another is also investigated, showing that this too is affected by contact angle and leading to the conclusion that contact angle has a profound effect on non-spherical particles behaviour in thin films. |  
					| DEWEY : | 622 |  
					| ISSN : | 0892-6875 |  
					| En ligne : | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0892687510000956 |  in Minerals engineering > Vol. 23 N° 11-13  (Octobre 2010) . - pp. 979–984
 [article] The effects of hydrophobicity and orientation of cubic particles on the stability of thin films [texte imprimé] / G. Morris , Auteur ; S.J. Neethling , Auteur ; J. J. Cilliers , Auteur . - 2011 . - pp. 979–984. Génie MinierLangues  : Anglais (eng )in Minerals engineering  > Vol. 23 N° 11-13  (Octobre 2010)  . - pp. 979–984 
					| Mots-clés : | Flotation froths Froth flotation Modelling Simulation |  
					| Résumé : | A three-dimensional model of a single cubic particle in a thin liquid film has been developed using the Surface Evolver (Brakke, 1992) program. It has been used to investigate the effect of a particle’s contact angle on its energetically stable orientations at a liquid–vapour interface and how these, in turn, affect the particle’s ability to stabilise a thin film. It has been found that depending on the contact angle there are two possible stable orientations for a cubic particle (termed horizontal and rotated) at a liquid–vapour interface. For a film containing a cubic particle in a rotated orientation it has been found that the capillary pressure required to rupture the film is roughly 30% of that required for a film containing a particle of the same contact angle but in a horizontal orientation. The probability of a particle adopting one orientation over another is also investigated, showing that this too is affected by contact angle and leading to the conclusion that contact angle has a profound effect on non-spherical particles behaviour in thin films. |  
					| DEWEY : | 622 |  
					| ISSN : | 0892-6875 |  
					| En ligne : | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0892687510000956 | 
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