Role of oily bubbles in enhancing bitumen flotation

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 6-8, 2006, Pages 641-650

  Su, Li ^a,b   Xu, Zhenghe ^a   Masliyah, Jacob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bitumen flotation; Contact angle; Induction time; Oily bubble; Poor processing ores

Indexed keywords

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COATINGS; CONTACT ANGLE; EXTRACTION; KEROSENE; ORES; SOLVENTS; THIN FILMS;

AIR BUBBLES; BITUMEN FLOTATION; INDUCTION TIME; OILY BUBBLES; POOR PROCESSING ORES;

FLOTATION;

EID: 33644964126     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2005.09.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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