On-line gas hold-up measurement in flotation columns

Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-148

  Perez Garibay R ^a   De Villar, R ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; FLOTATION;

GAS HOLD-UP; MAXWELL'S RELATION;

ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 0344286062     PISSN: 00084433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-4433(98)00040-8     Document Type: Article

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