Improving froth characteristics and flotation recovery of phosphate ores with nonionic surfactants

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 587-595

  Sis, H ^a   Chander, S ^b  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flotation reagents; Froth flotation; Industrial minerals

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; CALCULATIONS; FROTH FLOTATION; MIXTURES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION;

DODECANE; FLOTATION REAGENTS; NONIONIC SURFACTANT; NONYLPHENOL POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL ETHER; SODIUM OLEATE;

PHOSPHATE ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 0037774572     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(03)00137-7     Document Type: Article

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