Depression of pyrite flotation by yeast and bacteria

Minerals and Metallurgical Processing

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1-5

  Kawatra, S K ^a,b   Eisele, T C ^a,b  

^a SME   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Flotation; Pyrite depression; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Thiobacillus ferrooxidans

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044270917     PISSN: 07479182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403227     Document Type: Article

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