The use of amine complexes in managing inadvertent activation of pyroxene in a pentlandite-pyroxene flotation system

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 849-856

  Shackleton, N J ^a   Malysiak, V ^a   O'Connor, C T ^b  

^a Anglo Platinum Research Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Flotation reagents; Froth flotation; Sulphide metal ores

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER COMPOUNDS; FROTH FLOTATION; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; PH EFFECTS; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SMELTING; SURFACE PHENOMENA; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

FLOTATION REAGENTS; FLOTATION SYSTEMS; MICROFLOTATION TESTS; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

AMINES;

EID: 0348163585     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(03)00215-2     Document Type: Article

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