Conceptual model for gold flotation

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1001-1019

  Teague, A J ^a   Van Deventer, J S J ^b   Swaminathan, C ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); FROTH FLOTATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFRACTORY MATERIALS; SULFIDE MINERALS;

REFRACTORY GOLD;

GOLD ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 0033196965     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(99)00087-4     Document Type: Article

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