Molecular phenomena and engineering of saline water-air interfaces

澳大利亚采矿、农业和饮用水行业的咸水使用量正在增加。这些行业的许多生产过程都是由许多复杂的分子现象和盐水-空气界面上的相互作用支撑的，我们想要了解、优化和设计这些现象。这些发现将对浮选领域产生直接的好处，浮选用于利用高盐度钻孔水回收有价值的矿物，并通过海水淡化从海水中生产饮用水。这个项目很重要，因为它将带来可持续的水生产和工业用水方法。它的成功将确保我们的工业保持在创新的前沿，并具有全球竞争力。

Saline water use in Australia's mining, agricultural, and drinking water industries is increasing. Many of the production processes of these industries are underpinned by many complex molecular phenomena and interactions at the saline water - air interfaces which we want to understand, optimise and design. The findings will have direct benefits in the field of flotation used to recover valuable minerals using hyper-saline bore water and to produce drinking water from seawater by desalination. This project is important because it will lead to sustainable ways of producing water and using water in industry. Its success will ensure that our industries remain at the forefront of innovation and are globally competitive.