Case studies on the performance and characterisation of the froth phase in industrial flotation circuits

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 6-8, 2006, Pages 774-783

  Tsatouhas, G ^c   Grano, S R ^a   Vera, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Oil Sands Technology Group Extraction and Separation   (Canada)

^c Huntsman Corporation Australia Pty Limited   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flotation frothers; Flotation froths; Sulphide ores

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; ALDEHYDES; BUTANE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DECAY (ORGANIC); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PYRITES; SOLUTIONS; SULFIDE MINERALS; ZONE MELTING;

CHALCOPYRITE; FLOTATION CIRCUIT; FLOTATION FROTHERS; FLOTATION FROTHS; FROTH HALF-LIFE; RESIDUAL FROTHER; ROUGHER/SCAVENGER CIRCUITS; SULPHIDE ORES; TRIETHOXYBUTANE;

FROTH FLOTATION;

EID: 33644941042     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2005.09.033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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