Coal maceral separation using column flotation

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 449-464

  Honaker, R Q ^a   Mohanty, M K ^a   Crelling, J C ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal; Column flotation; Flotation kinetics; Liberation; pH control

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VARIABLES CONTROL; FLOTATION; PH EFFECTS; REACTION KINETICS; SEPARATION;

COAL MACERALS; COLUMN FLOTATION;

COAL PREPARATION;

EID: 0030126437     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0892-6875(96)00030-1     Document Type: Article

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