Dissolved gas flotation in mineral processing

Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 87-97

  Yalcin, Turgut ^a   Byers, Amy ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Inco Ltd ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Argon; Bubbles; Copper nickel ore; Dissolved gas; Flotation

Indexed keywords

ARGON; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COPPER ALLOYS; NICKEL;

COPPER-NICKEL ORE; DISSOLVED GAS;

MINERALOGY;

EID: 33644987400     PISSN: 08827508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08827500500339331     Document Type: Article

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