Estimation of shear rates inside a ball mill

International Journal of Mineral Processing

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 167-183

  Shi, F N ^a   Napier Munn, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ball mill; Charge motion; Comminution; Rheology; Shear rate

Indexed keywords

MILLING; MINERAL PROCESSING; SLURRY;

GRINDING; MILLING; MINERAL PROCESSING; SHEAR;

EID: 0032846358     PISSN: 03017516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-7516(99)00016-2     Document Type: Article

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