Froth zone modelling of an industrial flotation column

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 423-435

  Yianatos, J B ^a   Bergh, L G ^a   Cortes G A ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Column flotation; Flotation froths; Flotation kinetics

Indexed keywords

COPPER; MINERALS; REACTION KINETICS; WATER;

FORTH ZONE MODELING; INDUSTRIAL FLOTATION COLUMNS;

FROTH FLOTATION;

EID: 0032068034     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(98)00021-1     Document Type: Article

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