Dextrin as a non-toxic depressant for pyrite in flotation with xanthates as collector

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 1001-1006

  Valdivieso, A López ^a   Cervantes, T Celedón ^a   Song, S ^a   Cabrera, A Robledo ^a   Laskowski, J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental; Flotation depressants; Flotation reagents; Mineral processing; Sulphide ores

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; FLOTATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MACROMOLECULES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

FLOTATION DEPRESSANTS; FLOTATION REAGENTS; ISOELECTRIC POINTS; MINERAL PROCESSING; SULFIDE ORES;

PYRITES;

EID: 3342886241     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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