A comparison between capillary and imaging techniques for sizing bubbles in flotation systems

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-61

  Hernandez Aguilar, J R ^a   Coleman, R G ^b   Gomez, C O ^a   Finch, J A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flotation bubbles; Flotation machines; Sampling; Sizing

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CAPILLARY TUBES; DIFFUSERS (FLUID); ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOTATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ORIFICES; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SAMPLING; SIZING (FINISHING OPERATION);

FLOTATION BUBLES; FLOTATION MACHINES; SUCTION RATES;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

EID: 0942278044     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2003.09.011     Document Type: Article

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