Development and application of an image analysis method for wide bubble size distributions

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1214-1221

  Bailey, M ^a   Gomez, C O ^a   Finch, J A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Column flotation; Flotation bubbles; Flotation frothers; Particle morphology

Indexed keywords

FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); FLOTATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY;

COLUMN FLOTATION; FLOTATION BUBBLES; FLOTATION FROTHERS; PARTICLE MORPHOLOGY;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

EID: 25444474689     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2005.07.019     Document Type: Article

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