Bubble size as a function of impeller speed in a self-aeration laboratory flotation cell

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 201-203

  Girgin, E H ^a   Do, S ^a   Gomez, C O ^a   Finch, J A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flotation bubbles; Flotation machines

Indexed keywords

FLOTATION; SHEAR STRESS; WATER AERATION;

FLOTATION BUBBLES; FLOTATION MECHANICS;

IMPELLERS;

EID: 31644446735     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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