Lead activation of sphalerite during galena flotation

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 869-879

  Basilio, C I ^a   Kartio, I J ^b   Yoon, R H ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Flotation activators; Flotation kinetics; Ion exchange; Sulphide ores; Surface modification

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ION EXCHANGE; LEAD; LEAD ZINC DEPOSITS; MINERALS; SULFIDE MINERALS; SURFACE TREATMENT; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

DIXANTHOGEN; FLOTATION KINETICS; FLOTATION PULP; GALENA; LEAD XANTHATE; LEAD ZINC ORES; SPHARELITE; SULPHIDE ORES;

FLOTATION;

EID: 0030214079     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0892-6875(96)00078-7     Document Type: Article

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