De wet process for the beneficiation of zircon: Optimization of the alkali fusion step

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 777-783

  Manhique, Arao ^a   Kwela, Zola ^a   Focke, Walter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENEFICIATION; CAUSTIC SODA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

WET-CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

ZIRCON;

ALKALI; SILICATE SODIUM; SODIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIRCONIUM DERIVATIVE;

BENEFICIATION; DEWATERING; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; ZIRCON;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMICAL REACTION; HYDROLYSIS; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0037454055     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie020140c     Document Type: Article

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