A contribution to the theory of separation in a rotating ferrofluid

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 743-752

  Svoboda, J ^a  

^a De Beers Diamond Research Laboratory   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dense medium separation; Magnetic separation; Particle size

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FLUIDS; MAGNETIC SEPARATORS; SEPARATION; THEORY;

DENSE MEDIUM SEPARATION; FERROFLUIDS;

MAGNETIC SEPARATION;

EID: 0030190682     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0892-6875(96)00065-9     Document Type: Article

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