The froth stability column: Linking froth stability and flotation performance

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 317-324

  Barbian, N ^a   Hadler, K ^a   Ventura Medina, E ^a   Cilliers, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flotation bubbles; Flotation froths; Froth flotation; Process instrumentation

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COST EFFECTIVENESS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SURFACE CHEMISTRY; VELOCITY;

FLOTATION BUBBLES; FLOTATION FROTHS; FROTH STRUCTURE; MINERAL FLOTATION; PROCESS INSTRUMENTATION;

FROTH FLOTATION;

EID: 13444257824     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2004.06.010     Document Type: Article

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