Industrial testing of a gas holdup sensor for flotation systems

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 493-501

  Gomez, C O ^a   Cortes Lopez F ^a   Finch, J A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Flotation; Gas holdup; Measurement

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLOTATION; INDUSTRIAL HEATING; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PULP;

MECHANICAL CELLS;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

FLOTATION; HEATING; PULPS; RESISTIVITY; SENSORS;

EID: 0038136938     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(03)00083-9     Document Type: Article

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