Gas dispersion properties: bubble surface area flux and gas holdup

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 365-372

  Finch, J A ^a   Xiao, J ^a   Hardie, C ^a   Gomez, C O ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); GAS DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SURFACES;

BUBBLE SURFACE AREA FLUX; FLOTATION MACHINE; GAS DISPERSION PROPERTIES; GAS HOLDUP;

FROTH FLOTATION;

EID: 0034173968     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(00)00019-4     Document Type: Article

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