Rapid estimation of floatability components in industrial flotation plants

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-143

  Alexander, D J ^a   Morrison, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURVE FITTING; FLOWCHARTING; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINERAL INDUSTRY; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BATCH FLOTATION; FLOATABILITY PARAMETERS;

FLOTATION;

EID: 0031994049     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0892-6875(97)00146-5     Document Type: Article

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