The froth stability column: Measuring froth stability at an industrial scale

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 6-8, 2006, Pages 713-718

  Barbian, Nicolas ^a   Hadler, Kathryn ^a   Cilliers, Jan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flotation bubbles; Flotation froths; Froth flotation; Process instrumentation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER ORE TREATMENT; FOAMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MINERAL INDUSTRY; ORES; PLATINUM;

FLOTATION BUBBLES; FLOTATION FROTHS; FROTH STABILITY; FROTH STRUCTURE; PROCESS INSTRUMENTATION;

FROTH FLOTATION;

EID: 33644945504     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2005.09.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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