Effects of oxygen on kinetics of conditioning in sulphide ore flotation

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1193-1205

  Kuopanportti, H ^a   Suorsa, T ^a   Pollanen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Flotation collectors; Reaction kinetics; Sulphide ores

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; FLOTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORE TREATMENT; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; PH EFFECTS; PYRITES; REACTION KINETICS;

CHALCOPYRITES; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; XANTHATE;

SULFIDE MINERALS;

EID: 0031274488     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0892-6875(97)00106-4     Document Type: Article

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