Use of chelating agents as collectors in the flotation of copper sulfides and pyrite

Minerals and Metallurgical Processing

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-35

  Ackerman, P K ^a   Harris, G H ^b   Klimpel, R R ^c   Aplan, F F ^d  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RK Associates LLC   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chelating agents; Copper sulfides; Flotation; Pyrite

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042296371     PISSN: 07479182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03402853     Document Type: Article

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