Effect of particle shape and roughness of talc mineral ground by different mills on the wettability and floatability

Powder Technology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 68-78

  Yekeler, M ^a   Ulusoy, U ^a   Hicyilmaz C ^b  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Floatability; Grinding; Shape characteristics; Surface roughness; Talc; Wettability

Indexed keywords

HYDROPHOBICITY; MINERALOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WETTING;

TALC MINERALS; WETTABILITY;

POWDER METALS;

MINERAL; TALC;

FLOTATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; PARTICLE SHAPE; SOLID-SOLID SEPARATION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TALC;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; WETTABILITY;

EID: 1842575760     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2003.12.012     Document Type: Article

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