Electroacoustic measurements of sulfide mineral particles

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1107-1118

  Prestidge, C A ^b   Rowlands, W N ^a  

^a Colloidal Dynamics Pty Ltd ^*  (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fine particle processing; Particle sizing; Sulfide minerals

Indexed keywords

ELECTROACOUSTIC TECHNIQUE; GALENA; SPHALERITE; ZETA POTENTIALS;

OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PH EFFECTS;

SULFIDE MINERALS;

EID: 0031256890     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(97)00097-6     Document Type: Article

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