@article {52984,
	title = {Nature and fate of oil sands fine tailings},
	year = {1996},
	month = {12/1996},
	pages = {46 pages },
	publisher = {Advances in Chemistry },
	abstract = {The chemical and physical properties of clay suspensions produced during oil production front oil sands are described. With a composition of approximately 70 wt\% water (with some unrecovered bitumen) and 30 wt\% solids (>90\% less than 44 {mu}m in size), these clay suspensions consolidate very slowly. Clay aggregate or floc morphology has been shown to be a function of the water chemistry and can be manipulated to produce a tailings suspension that is easier to consolidate and dewater. Commercial oil sands processing has been going on in northeastern Alberta since 1967, and in that time approximately 250 million m of this difficult to dewater clay suspension has been produced. The reclamation options for this material (mature fine tailings) on a commercial scale are also outlined. 84 refs., 36 figs., 3 tabs.},
	keywords = {chemistry, federal government, physical properties, Suncor, Syncrude, tailings},
	author = {Mikula, Randy J. and Kasperski, Kim L. and Burns, Robert D. and MacKinnon, Mike D.}
}
