Applied mineralogical studies of Nigerian bulk complex sulphide ore

TMS Annual Meeting

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 83-91

  Olubambi, P A ^a,b   Ndlovu, S ^a   Potgieter, J H ^a   Borode, J O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Characterization; Mineral morphology; Nigeria sulphide ore; Particle size; Phase identification

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; MINERALOGY; MINING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CHALCOPYRITE; MINERAL MORPHOLOGY; NIGERIA SULPHIDE ORES; PHASE IDENTIFICATION;

ORE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33749237664     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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