An Experimental Study on Wetting of Coal Dust by Surfactant Solution

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Chemical name of surfactants</td><td class="align_center">Abbreviation</td><td class="align_center">Species</td><td class="align_center">Purity</td><td class="align_center">Chemical formula</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Sodium dodecyl sulfate</td><td class="align_center">SDS</td><td class="align_center">Anion</td><td class="align_center">Analytical purity</td><td class="align_center">CH3(CH2)11OSO3Na</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate</td><td class="align_center">SDBS</td><td class="align_center">Anion</td><td class="align_center">Analytical purity</td><td class="align_center">CH3(CH2)11-Ph-SO3H</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Sorbitan monooleate polyoxyethylene ether</td><td class="align_center">Tween-80</td><td class="align_center">Nonionic</td><td class="align_center">Analytical purity</td><td class="align_center">C6H8O[O(CH2CH2O)20OH]OOCR</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Alkylphenol ethoxylate</td><td class="align_center">OP-10</td><td class="align_center">Nonionic</td><td class="align_center">Analytical purity</td><td class="align_center">C8H17C6H4O(CH2CH2O)10H</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Four selected surfactants for the experiment.</div>

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