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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors gratefully acknowledge funding from Australian
Coal Industry’s Research Program (Project C28053) and
thank Dr Zhenghe Xu on stimulating discussions on the
thin liquid films.
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concentration on the stability of surfactant-free foam
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overfrothing. International Coal Preparation Congress,
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of water formed between a bubble and a quartz sur-
face with acoustic sound, Minerals Engineering, 211,
108704.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors gratefully acknowledge funding from Australian
Coal Industry’s Research Program (Project C28053) and
thank Dr Zhenghe Xu on stimulating discussions on the
thin liquid films.
REFERENCES
Craig, V.S.J., Ninham, B.W., Pashley, R.M., 1993. The
effect of electrolytes on bubble coalescence in water. J.
Phys. Chem. 97, 39, 10192–10197.
Farrokhpay, S., 2011. The significance of froth stability in
mineral flotation—A review. Advances in colloid and
interface science, 166(1–2), 1–7.
Hadler, K., Cilliers, J.J., 2009. The relationship between
the peak in air recovery and flotation bank perfor-
mance. Minerals Engineering 22, 451–455.
Ng, C.Y., Park, H., Wang, L., 2020a. The potential of
acoustic sound to improve flotation kinetics, Minerals
Engineering, 154, 106413.
Ng, C.Y., Park, H., Wang, L., 2020b. Dynamic stabiliza-
tion of foam films with acoustic sound, Langmuir, 36,
2966.
Ng, C.Y., Park, H., Wang, L., 2021. Improvement of coal
flotation by exposure of the froth to acoustic sound,
Minerals Engineering, 168, 106920.
Ng, C.Y., Yang, B., Park, H., Wang, L., Improvement of
dynamic foam stability with low-frequency acoustic
sound, Minerals Engineering 2022, 184, 107654.
Wang, L., Qu, X., 2012. Impact of interface approach
velocity on bubble coalescence, Minerals Engineering
26 (2012) 50.
Wang, L., Yoon, R.-H., 2009. Effect of pH and NaCl
concentration on the stability of surfactant-free foam
films. Langmuir 25, 294.
Yang, B., Ng, C. Y., Wang, L., 2023a. Mechanical flota-
tion of mineral particles with an underwater speaker,
Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review,
44, 325.
Yang, B., Ng, C.Y, Park, H., Wang, L., 2023b. Using acous-
tic sound to improve flotation efficiency and mitigate
overfrothing. International Coal Preparation Congress,
Gold Coast, Australia.
Yang, B., Park, H., Wang, L., 2024. Stability of a thin film
of water formed between a bubble and a quartz sur-
face with acoustic sound, Minerals Engineering, 211,
108704.