A shortcut procedure for the design of mineral separation circuits

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-123

  Galvez E D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Froth flotation; Mineral processing; Process synthesis

Indexed keywords

FROTH FLOTATION; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; SPREADSHEETS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

CLEANERS; MINERAL PROCESSING; ROUGHERS; SCAVENGERS; SEPARATION CIRCUITS;

MINERALOGY;

EID: 0031996212     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0892-6875(97)00144-1     Document Type: Article

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