The dynamic behaviour of coarse particles in flotation froths Part I: Model

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 635-645

  Van Deventer, J S J ^a   Van Dyk, W A ^b   Lorenzen, L ^b   Feng, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Flotation bubbles; Flotation froths; Modelling

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOAMS; FROTH FLOTATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

COARSE PARTICLES;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EID: 0036750041     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(02)00164-4     Document Type: Article

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