Thickening in the 20th century: A historical perspective

Minerals and Metallurgical Processing

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 57-67

  Concha, F ^a   Burger R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUIDS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOLIDS;

DORR THICKENER; PRACTICE; THICKENING THEORY;

SEDIMENTATION;

EID: 0038445511     PISSN: 07479182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403134     Document Type: Article

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