Time of gas-solid-liquid three-phase contact expansion in flotation

International Journal of Mineral Processing

Volumn 56, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 117-132

  Stechemesser, Hansjoachim ^a   Nguyen, Anh V ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bubble particle interaction; Dewetting; Flotation; Line tension; Three phase contact expansion

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTACT ANGLE; GASES; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); KINETIC THEORY; LIQUIDS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SOLIDS; SURFACE TENSION;

MOLECULAR KINETIC THEORY; THREE PHASE CONTACT; THREE PHASE CONTACT EXPANSION;

FLOTATION;

BUBBLE; FLOTATION; PARTICLE INTERACTION;

EID: 0032855319     PISSN: 03017516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-7516(98)00045-3     Document Type: Article

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