Investigation of the importance of particle shape and surface wettability on the separation of plastics in a LARCODEMS separator

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 423-431

  Pascoe, R D ^a   Hou, Y Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; RECYCLING; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACE TREATMENT; WETTING;

DENSE MEDIUM SEPARATION; FLOTATION DEPRESSANTS;

FLOTATION;

EID: 0033116587     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(99)00022-9     Document Type: Article

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