Anionic flotation of apatite from dolomite modified by the presence of a bacterium

Minerals and Metallurgical Processing

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 52-56

  Zheng, X P ^a   Smith, R W ^a   Mehta, R K ^a   Misra, M ^a   Raichur, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 0002043521     PISSN: 07479182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03402799     Document Type: Article

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