Quantification of flotation activity by means of excess gibbs free energies

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1147-1161

  Davidtz, J C ^a,b,c  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c Chemfit Mining Chemical   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GIBBS FREE ENERGY; MOLECULES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PHASE INTERFACES; SOLUBILITY; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; SULFUR; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

BINARY SYSTEM; EXCESS FREE ENERGIES; FLOTATION ACTIVITY; MOLE FRACTION; UNIFAC METHOD;

FLOTATION;

EID: 0033207644     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(99)00102-8     Document Type: Article

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