A fractal model for the aggregate size distributions generated during red mud flocculation

TMS Light Metals

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 105-111

  Gagnon, M J ^a   Leclerc, A ^a   Simard, G ^a   Peloquin G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^b ALCAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEED WELL GEOMETRY; RED MUD FLOCCULATION;

AGGREGATES; FLOCCULATION; FRACTALS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POROSITY; SEDIMENTATION; SLURRIES;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EID: 1442357888     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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