On characterization of pulp and froth in cells of flotation plant

International Journal of Mineral Processing

Volumn 51, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 51-65

  Niemi, Antti J ^a   Ylinen, Raimo ^b   Hyötyniemi, Heikki ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Feature extraction; Flotation cell; Flotation froth; Kinetics of flotation; Scene analysis

Indexed keywords

FROTH FLOTATION; ORE TREATMENT;

FLOTATION CELL; FLOTATION KINETICS; SCENE ANALYSIS;

FLOTATION;

EID: 0031248391     PISSN: 03017516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0301-7516(97)00042-2     Document Type: Article

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