Simple relationships for predicting the recovery of liquid from flowing foams and froths

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1123-1130

  Neethling, S J ^a   Lee, H T ^a   Cilliers, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FOAMS; FROTH FLOTATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIQUIDS; PHASE COMPOSITION; RECOVERY; WATER;

BUBBLE DIAMETER; BUBBLE SIZE; BURSTING; GAS RATE; WATER RECOVERY;

MINERALOGY;

EID: 0345377754     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2003.06.014     Document Type: Article

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