Short-pulse microwave treatment of disseminated sulfide ores

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-54

  Salsman, J B ^c   Williamson, R L ^a   Tolley, W K ^b   Rice, D A ^b  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b US Bureau of Mines   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Comminution; Liberation

Indexed keywords

COMMINUTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE HEATING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SULFIDE MINERALS;

DISSEMINATED ORES; LIBERATION;

ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 0029775713     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0892-6875(95)00130-1     Document Type: Article

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