Effect of high intensity conditioning on the flotation of a nickel ore. Part 1: size-by-size analysis

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1185-1200

  Chen, G ^a   Grano, S ^a   Sobieraj, S ^a   Ralston, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOTATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; SULFIDE MINERALS; SURFACE CLEANING;

DESLIMING; FLOTATION KINETICS; HIGH INTENSITY CONDITIONING; HYDROCYCLONING; NICKEL ORES; PARTICLE SIZE RANGE; PENTLANDITE; SHEAR FORCES; SULFIDE ORE;

NICKEL ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 0033207826     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(99)00105-3     Document Type: Article

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