Gravity separation: A revitalized technology

Mining Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 43-48

  Holland Batt, A B ^a  

^a Hazen Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGES; COAL; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOTATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; IRON ORES; JIGS; MAGNETIC SEPARATION; MINING; SURGES (FLUID); TOMOGRAPHY;

BED FLUIDIZATION; CONE CONCENTRATOR; DENSE MEDIUM SEPARATION; GRAVITY SEPARATION; JIGGING; SLUICES;

SEPARATION;

EID: 0032162758     PISSN: 00265187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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