Wetting of francolite and quartz and its significance in the flotation of phosphate rock

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1219-1231

  Lu, Y ^a   Drelich, J ^a   Miller, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Froth flotation; Industrial minerals; Mineral processing; Surface modification

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; FATTY ACIDS; FROTH FLOTATION; FUEL OILS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MASS TRANSFER; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); QUARTZ; SURFACE TREATMENT; WATER; WETTING;

FRANCOLITE; INDUSTRIAL MINERALS; WATER CONTACT ANGLES;

PHOSPHATE MINERALS;

EID: 0031274652     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0892-6875(97)00108-8     Document Type: Article

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