Contact angle and surface analysis studies of sphalerite particles

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 727-741

  Subrahmanyam, T V ^a   Prestidge, C A ^b   Ralston, J ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Froth flotation; Sulfide minerals; Surface modification

Indexed keywords

AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CONTACT ANGLE; FROTH FLOTATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WETTING; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

HYDROPHOBIC COMPOUNDS; SPHALERITE;

SULFIDE MINERALS;

EID: 0030189944     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0892-6875(96)00064-7     Document Type: Article

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