Evaluation of the selective detachment process in flotation froth

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 975-982

  Honaker, R Q ^a   Ozsever, A V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Column flotation; Fine particle processing; Flotation froths; Flotation kinetics; Froth flotation

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BUBBLE FORMATION; CHEMICAL BONDS; COALESCENCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

COLUMN FLOTATION; FINE PARTICLE PROCESSING; FLOTATION KINETICS; REFLUXING;

FROTH FLOTATION;

EID: 0346903145     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(03)00266-8     Document Type: Article

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