Chemistry and optimal conditions for copper minerals flotation: Theory and practice

Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 77-143

  Abramov, A A ^a,c   Forssberg, K S E ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MISIS   (Russian Federation)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c NONE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Automatic control systems; Copper minerals; Flotation; Mechanism of reagents action; Physicochemical models

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; AUTOMATION; COPPER; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLOTATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; LATTICE CONSTANTS; METAL FORMING; MINERALOGY; OXIDATION; PASSIVATION; PH EFFECTS; SORPTION; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

AUTOMATIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; COPPER MINERALS; MECHANISM OF REAGENTS ACTION; PHYSIOCHEMICAL MODELS;

COPPER METALLURGY;

EID: 15344338595     PISSN: 08827508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08827500590883197     Document Type: Article

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