Improving Clay-Based Tailings Disposal: Case Study on Coal Tailings

AIChE Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1894-1903

  De Kretser, Ross ^a   Scales, Peter J ^a   Boger, David V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SYNTHETIC CLAY DISPERSIONS; TAILINGS SUSPENSION;

COAL MINES; COAL TAILINGS; ELECTROLYTES; ION EXCHANGE; RHEOLOGY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); SWELLING; TAILINGS DISPOSAL;

CLAY MINERALS;

EID: 0031185522     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690430724     Document Type: Article

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