Beneficiation of Brazilian diatomite for the filtration application industry

Minerals and Metallurgical Processing

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 42-46

  Franca S C A ^a   Millqvist, M T ^b   Luz, A B ^a  

^a CENTRO DE TECNOLOGIA MINERAL   (Brazil)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Calcination; Dewatering; Diatomite; Filtration; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

BENEFICIATION; CALCINATION; CARBONATES; CLAY; DEWATERING; DRYING; FILTRATION; MATERIALS TESTING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REMOVAL; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE;

DESEGREGATION; DIATOMITE; FILTRATION APPLICATION INDUSTRY; ORGANIC MATTER; PILOT PLANT TESTS; SODIUM CARBONATE;

SILICA;

EID: 0037308375     PISSN: 07479182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403114     Document Type: Article

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