Separation, settling and flow phenomena in electric matte smelting of Cu-Ni concentrates

Scandinavian Journal of Metallurgy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 158-163

  Eric, R Hurman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Electric smelting; Matte; Separation

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COPPER; ELECTRIC FURNACES; ELECTRODES; NICKEL; SLAGS; SMELTING;

ELECTRIC SMELTING; FLOW PHENOMENA; MATTE; SMELTING RATE;

SEPARATION;

EID: 17644425015     PISSN: 03710459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0692.2005.00738.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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