Rheology modifiers for mineral suspensions

Minerals and Metallurgical Processing

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 83-88

  Klein, B ^a   Pawlik, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemical additives; Dispersants; Flocculants; Mineral suspensions; Rheological properties

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; ADDITIVES; AGGLOMERATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; FLOCCULATION; MINERALS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY; YIELD STRESS;

CHEMICAL ADDITIVES; DISPERSANTS; FLOCCULANTS; MINERAL PARTICLES; MINERAL SUSPENSIONS; RHEOLOGY MODIFIERS;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 19944417617     PISSN: 07479182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403119     Document Type: Review

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