Zhenghe Xu: C.V.

Refereed Journal Publications (since 1998)

1. Gu, G., Xu, Z., Nandakumar, K. and J. Masliyah, 2002, Influence of water-soluble and water-insoluble natural surface active components on the stability of water-in-toluene-diluted bitumen emulsion, Fuel, accepted.

2. Li, J. and Z. Xu, 2002, Physical characterization of a chitosan based hydrogel delivery system, J. Pharmaceutical Sciences, accepted.

3. Abraham, T., Christendat, D., Karan, K., Xu, Z. and J. Masliyah, 2002, Asphaltene-silica interactions in aqueous solutions: Direct force measurements combined with electrokinetic studies, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, accepted.

4. Xu, Z., Liu, J, Choung, J. and Z. Zhou, 2002, Electrokinetic study of clay interactions with coal in flotation, Int. J. Miner. Process., accepted.

5. Abraham, T., Kumpulainen, A., Xu, Z., Rutland, M., Claesson, P.M. and J. Masliyah, 2002, Polyelectrolyte mediated interaction between similarly charged surfaces: Role of divalent counterions in tuning surface forces, Langmuir, 17: 8321-8327.

6. Chi, R., Zhu, G., Xu, S., Tian, J., Liu, J. and Z. Xu, 2002, Kinetics of manganese reduction leaching with sodium sulfite from weathered rare earth mud, Metallurgical Materials Trans., 33B: 41-46.

7. Liu, J., Zhou, Z. and Z. Xu, 2002, Electrokinetic study of hexane droplets in surfactant solutions and process water of bitumen extraction systems, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 41:52-57.

8. DiFeo, A., Finch, J.A. and Z. Xu, 2001, Sphalerite-silica interactions: effect of pH and calcium ions, Int. J. Miner. Process., 61: 57-71.

9. Chi, R., Xu, Z., DiFeo, T., Finch, J.A. and J.L. Yordan, 2001, Measurement of interaction forces between talc and toner particles, J. Pulp Paper Science, 27:152-157.

10. Xu, Z., Chi, R., DiFeo, T. and J.A.  Finch, 2000, Surface forces between sphalerite and silica particles in aqueous solutions, J. Adhesion Sci. Technol., 14: 1813-1827.

11. Zhou, Z., Xu, Z. and J. Masliyah, 2000, Effect of natural surfactants released from Athabasca oil sands on air holdup in a water column, Can. J. Chem. Eng., 78: 617-624.

12. Kasongo, T., Zhou, Z., Xu, Z. and J. Masliyah, 2000, Effect of clays and calcium ions on bitumen extraction from Athabasca oil sands using flotation, Can. J. Chem. Eng., 78: 674-681.

13. Liu, J., Chi, R., Zeng, Z. Liang, J. and Z. Xu, 2000, Selective arsenic fixing roast of refractory gold concentrate, Metallurgical Materials Trans., 31B: 1163-1168.

14. McKinnon, W., Choung, J.W., Xu, Z. and J.A. Finch, 2000, Magnetic seed in ambient temperature ferrite process applied to acid mine drainage treatment, Environmental Science & Engineering, 34: 2576-2581.

15. Choung, J.W., Xu, Z. and J. Szymanski, 2000, An integrated approach for coal tailings management, Canadian J. Chem. Eng., 78: 780-784.

16. Chi, R., Zhou, Z. and Z. Xu, 2000, A novel process for recovering rare earth from weathered black earth, Metallurgical Materials Trans., 31B: 191-196.

17. Doung, C., Choung, J., Xu, Z. and J. Szymanski, 2000, A novel process for recovering clean coal and water from coal tailings, Minerals Engineering, 13: 128-135.

18. Choung, J.W., Xu, Z. and J.A. Finch, 2000, Advances in ambient temperature ferrite process applied to acid mine drainage treatment, Environmental Technology, 21: 201-207.

19. Bozkurt, V., Xu, Z., Brienne, S.H.R., Butler, I. and J.A. Finch, In situ orientation study of xanthate on copper under potential control, J. Electroanalytical Chemistry, in press 1999.

20. Chi, R., Zhu, G., Zhou, Z. and Z. Xu, A novel process for recovering rare earth from weathered black earth, submitted to Metallurgical and Materials Trans., in press 1999.

21. Choung, J.W., Xu, Z. and J.A. Finch, Advances in ambient temperature ferrite process applied to acid mine drainage treatment, Environmental Technology, accepted, May 1999.

22. Bozkurt, V., Xu, Z., and J.A. Finch, Effect of depressants on xanthate adsorption on pentlandite and pyrrhotite: single vs mixed minerals, CMQ, accepted, April 1999.

23. Chen. F, Finch, J.A., Xu, Z. and J. Czarnecki, 1999, Wettability of fine solids extracted from bitumen froth, J. Adhesion Sci. Technol., 13: 1209-1224.

24. Zhou, Z.A., Xu, Z. and J.A. Finch, 1999, Generation of small bubbles by hydrodynamic cavitation, Trans. IMM, 108: C55-C58.

25. Chi, R. and Z. Xu, A solution chemistry approach to study of rare earth element precipitation by oxalic acid, Metallurgical and Materials Trans., 30B (1999), 189-195.

26. Broomberg, J., Gelinas, S., Finch, J.A. and Z. Xu, Review of magnetic carrier technologies for metal ion removal, Magnetic Electrostatic Separation, 9 (1999), 169-188.

27. Zhou, Z., Xu, Z., Masliyah, J. and J. Czarneki, Coagulation of bitumen with fine silica in model systems, Colloids Surfaces A:, 148 (1999), 199-211.

28. Sui, C., Finch, J.A. and Z. Xu, Effect of diethylenetriamine on xanthate interaction with Pb- contaminated pyrite, Minerals Engineering, 11 (1998), 639-649.
29. Zhou, Z., Xu, Z. and J.A. Finch, Effect of surface properties of fine particles on dynamic bubble formation in gas-supersaturated systems, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 37 (1998), 1998-2004.
30. Sui, C., Rashchi, F., Xu, Z., Kim, J., Nesset, J.E. and J.A. Finch, Interactions in the sphalerite-Ca-SO4-CO3 systems, Colloids Surfaces, 137 (1998), 69-77.
31. Gass, H., Butler, I., Rao, R., Xu, Z. and J.A. Finch, A useful spectroscopic method for the determination of the concentration of diethylenetriamine (DETA) in aqueous mineral flotation solutions, Talanta, 46 (1998), 145-148.
32. Rashchi, F., Xu, Z. and J.A. Finch, Adsorption on silica in Pb- and Ca-SO4-CO3 systems, Colloids Surfaces, 132 (1998), 159-171. 
33. Vergouw, J.M., DiFeo, A., Xu, Z. and J.A. Finch, An agglomeration study of sulphide minerals using zeta-potential ans settling rate. Part I: Pyrite and galena, Minerals Engineering, 11 (1998), 159-169. 
34. Gangli, P., Kozinski, J.A., Xu, Z. and S.H.R. Brienne, Bio-oxidation as a viable method for SOx emmision control, CIM Bulletin, 91 (1998), 86-89. 
35. Bozkurt, V., Xu, Z., and J.A. Finch, Pentlandite/pyrrhotite interaction and xanthate adsorption, Int. J. Miner. Process., 52 (1998), 203-214. 
36. Xu, Z., Hu, Y. and Y. Li, Electrokinetics and wettability of huebnerite and ferberite, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 198 (1998), 209-215. 
37. Rao, S.R., J.A. Finch, Zhou, Z. and Z. Xu, Relative flotation response of zinc sulphide: Mineral and precipitates, Separation Science and Technology, 33 (1998), 819-833. 
38. Liu, Q., Xu, Z., Finch, J.A. and R. Egertan, A novel two-step silica coating process for engineering magnetic nanocomposites, Chem. Materials, 10 (1998), 3936-3940.
39. Zhou, Z., Hussein, H., Xu, Z., Masliyah, J. and J. Czarneki, Interaction of ionic species and fine solids with a low energy hydrophobic surface from contact angle measurement, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 204 (1998) 342-349.
40. Hu, H., Zhou, Z., Xu, Z. and J.A. Finch, Numerical and experimental study of a hydrodynamic cavitation tube, Materials and Metallurgical Transactions, 9B (1998) 911-917.

Book Chapters

1. Xu, Z. and J.H. Masliyah, 2002, Contact angle measurements for oxide and related surfaces, Encyclopedia of Surface and Colloid Science, A. Hubbard, ed., Marcel Dekker, New York, in press.

2. Xu, Z., 2000, Flotation Development, in Encyclopedia of Separation Science, I. D. Wilson, T. R. Adlard, C. F. Poole and M. Cook editors, Academic Press, 1527-1537.
3. Xu, M., Zhou, Z. and Z. Xu, 2000, Feed aeration, in Encyclopedia of Separation Science, I. D. Wilson, T. R. Adlard, C. F. Poole and M. Cook editors, Academic Press, 1556-1562.
4. Xu, Z., Liu Q. and J.A. Finch, 1999, Engineering of Nano-size Superparamagnetic Particles for the Use in Magnetic Carrier Technology, in Surfaces of Nanoparticles and Porous Materials, J. Schwarz and C. Contescu editors, Marcel Dekker, 31-50.
5. Xu, Z., Zhang, Q. and J.A. Finch, 1999, Surface Ionization and Complexation, in Surfaces of Nanoparticles and Porous Materials, J. Schwarz and C. Contescu editors, Marcel Dekker, 1999, 593-612.

Conference Proceedings (since 1998)

1. Liu, J., Zhou, Z. and Z. Xu, 2001, Electrokinetic study of hexane droplets in surfactant aqueous solutions, in Proceedings: Interactions in Mineral Processing (ed. by J.A. Finch, S.R. Rao and L. Huang), CIM, Montreal, 375-384.

2. Choung, J. and Z. Xu, 2001, A novel process for recovering clean coal and water from coal tailings, in Pollution Control and Reutilization of Solid Wastes (ed. by L. Chai, C. Zhang and S. Lan), Central South University Press, 247-253.

3. Choung, J.W., Xu, Z. and J.A. Finch, 2000, Ambient temperature ferrite process for acid rock drainage treatment, in Proceedings: ICARD 2000, SME inc., Littleton, CO, 1101-1111.

4. Xu, Z., Choung, J.W. and J. Szymanski, 2000, An integrated process for recovering fine coals and recycling water from coal tailings, in Proceedings: Coal Prep 2000, 243-253.

5. Wang, W., Hu, C. and Z. Xu, 1999, Pelletizing characteristic of the magnetite concentrate from Daye Iron-Mine, in ICARISM ’99: Proceedings of the International Conference on Alternative Routes of Iron and Steelmaking, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Publication Series, Perth, 99: 237-240.

6. Choung, J.W., J. Liu, Z. Xu and J. Szymanski, Flocculant in integrated coal tailing’s processing by hydrophobic extraction, in The Use of Polymers in Mineral Processing (ed. By J. Laskowski), CIM, Montreal, in press, 1999.
7. Bozkurt, V., Xu, Z. and J.A. Finch, Xanthate adsorption on pentlandite and pyrrhotite: Effect of mineral interactions, in Innovations in Minerals and Coal Processing (ed. by S. Atak, G. Onal and M. Celik), A.A. Balkema Publishers, Netherlands, (1998) 93-98.
8. Choung, J.W., Xu, Z. and J.A. Finch, Solutions to calcium problem in ambient temperature ferrite process applied to acid mine drainage treatment, in Waste Processing and Recycling in Mineral and Metallurgical Industries III (ed. by Rao, S.R., Amaratunga, L.M., Richards, G.G. and Kondos, P.D.), CIM, Montreal, (1998) 323-334.
9. Xu, Z., Liu, Q. and J.A. Finch, Engineering of Magnetic Nanocomposites for Biological and Environmental Applications (Keynote presentation), in Composites at Lake Louise ‘97 (ed. by Nicholson, P.), Eagle Press, Burlington, Ontario, (1998) 20-32