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Flocculation and Dispersion of
Colloidal Suspensions by Polymers
and Surfactants: Experimental
and Modeling Studies
P. Somasundaran
a
, Venkataramana Runkana
a,b
, and P.C. Kapur
b
a
Langmuir Center for Colloids and Interfaces, Columbia University,
New York, 10027, USA
b
Tata Research Development and Design Centre,
54-B, Hadapsar Industrial Estate, Pune, 411013, India
I. Introduction ................................................................ 768
II. Stability of Suspensions in the Presence of
Surfactants, Polymers, and their Mixtures ............... 769
A. Effect of Surfactants ........................................... 770
B. Effect of Polymers ............................................... 774
C. Multipolymer Flocculation.................................. 781
D. Mixed Polymer–Surfactant Systems .................. 783
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