2 ethyl hexanol n pentanol n butyl n hexanol 2 butanol n heptanol n octanol isoamyl alcohol as well as cyclic alcohols including pine oil terpineol fenchyl alcohol alkoxy paraffins such as 1 1 3 triethoxybutane teb and polypropyl glycol ethers such as commercial products dowfroths u00ae by dow chemicals company it is understood that mixtures of different frothers such as mixtures of the alcohols are often used as well oils including hydrocarbon oils such as mineral oils or paraffin oils and natural oils can be used alone or in combination with for example an alcohol frother to stabilize the bubbles on the particulate surfaces and enhance particulate agglomeration the term u201c aqueous liquid u201d or u201c aqueous fluid u201d is used herein to mean water salt solutions or water containing an alcohol or other organic solvents it should be understood that additives other than water in the aqueous liquid should be used in amounts or in a manner that does not adversely affect the methods and compositions described herein the size of particulates in the compositions and methods described herein is about 10 100 u s mesh which is about 150 to 2000 u03bcm in diameter it should be understood that the size distribution of the particulates such as proppants can be narrow or wide suitable proppants include.