Effects of frother type and froth height on the flotation behaviour of chromite in UG2 ore

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 941-949

  Ekmekci Z ^a   Bradshaw, D J ^b   Allison, S A ^b   Harris, P J ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Flotation frothers; Flotation froths; Precious metal ores

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CHROMITE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CURVE FITTING; DRAINAGE; EXTRAPOLATION; FROTH FLOTATION; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IONS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PH EFFECTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REEFS; SMELTING;

DEPRESSANT DOSAGES; FROTH HEIGHT;

PLATINUM;

EID: 0346272823     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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