The effect of external gas/slurry contact on the flotation of fine particles

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1127-1138

  Tortorelli, J P ^a   Craven, J W ^a   Toguri, J M ^a   Dobby, G S ^b   Agar, G E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Minnovex Technologies Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Column Flotation; Flotation Bubbles; Particle Size; Sizing

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOTATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SLURRIES;

BRINKMANN PARTICLE SIZE ANALYZER; FLOTATION COLUMN;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EID: 0031258069     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0892-6875(97)00099-x     Document Type: Article

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