Gas hold-up and solids hold-up in flotation columns: On-line measurement based on electrical conductivity

Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, Section C: Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy

Volumn 111, Issue MAY/AUG, 2002, Pages

  Tavera, F J ^a   Escudero, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b Inst Investigaciones Metallurgicas

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; DISPERSIONS; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE SEPARATION;

FLOTATION COLUMNS; GAS HOLD UP; ON LINE MEASUREMENT; SOLID HOLD UP;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0036590781     PISSN: 03719553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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