Experimental investigation into the application of a magnetic cyclone for dense medium separation

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 501-509

  Svoboda, J ^a   Coetzee, C ^b   Campbell, Q P ^b  

^a De Beers Diamond Research Laboratory   (South Africa)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dense medium separation; Hydrocyclones; Magnetic separation

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE SEPARATORS; DENSITY CONTROL (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MAGNETIC SEPARATORS; MAGNETS; STREAM FLOW;

CUT-POINT DENSITY; HYDROCYCLONES; SOLENOID MAGNETS; TROMP CURVE;

MAGNETIC SEPARATION;

EID: 0032089730     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0892-6875(98)00032-6     Document Type: Article

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