Liquid overflow from a column of rising aqueous froth

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1045-1053

  Stevenson, P ^a   Stevanov, C ^a   Jameson, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Column flotation; Flotation bubbles; Froth flotation

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COLUMNS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); FLOW OF FLUIDS; GLYCEROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXTURES; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; WATER;

LIQUID OVERFLOW; OVERFLOW RATE; PLATEAU BORDER; RISING FOAM;

FROTH FLOTATION;

EID: 0344515603     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2003.05.004     Document Type: Article

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