Measurement of the sub-process of bubble loading in flotation

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 443-448

  Bradshaw, D J ^a   O'Connor, C T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Flotation bubbles; Flotation collectors; Particle size; Sulphide ores

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); ORE TREATMENT; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BUBBLE LOADING; FLOTATION COLLECTORS;

FROTH FLOTATION;

EID: 0030126436     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0892-6875(96)00029-5     Document Type: Article

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