The "fish-hook" phenomenon in centrifugal separation of fine particles

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1005-1007

  Majumder, A K ^a   Yerriswamy, P ^a   Barnwal, J P ^a  

^a REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

Author keywords

Classification; Fine particle processing; Gravity concentration; Hydrocyclone

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CENTRIFUGATION; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CLASSIFIERS; CORRELATION METHODS; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FLOW INTERACTIONS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; PARTICLE SEPARATORS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; QUARTZ APPLICATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEDIMENTATION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

GRAVITY CONCENTRATION; HYDROCYLONES; SETTLING VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE PROCESSING;

CENTRIFUGES;

EID: 0347533910     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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