Tailings disposal using flocculant-assisted hydrocyclones

CIM Bulletin

Volumn 89, Issue 1005, 1996, Pages 98-100

  Yalcin, Turgut ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flocculation; Hydrocyclone; Mill tailings; Sedimentation; Tailings disposal

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE SEPARATORS; FLOCCULATION; PHASE SEPARATION; SEDIMENTATION;

FEED PULP DENSITY; FLOCCULANT ASSISTED HYDROCYCLONES; MILL TAILINGS;

TAILINGS DISPOSAL;

FLOCCULATION; HYDROCYCLONES; MINERAL PROCESSING; TAILINGS;

EID: 0030292034     PISSN: 03170926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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