Binding mechanisms in wet iron ore green pellets with a bentonite binder

Powder Technology

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 147-158

  Forsmo, S P E ^a,b   Apelqvist, A J ^a   Bjorkman B M T ^b   Samskog, P O ^a,b  

^a LKAB   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Bentonite; Binder; Granulation; Green pellets; Iron ore; Magnetite; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BENTONITE; GRANULATION; MAGNETITE; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PLASTICITY;

BINDER DOSAGES; GREEN PELLETS; LIQUID SATURATIONS;

POWDER METALLURGY;

BENTONITE; IRON;

AGGLOMERATION; BENTONITE; GRANULATION; MAGNETITE; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PLASTICITY; POWDER METALLURGY;

ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; GROWTH RATE; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; LIQUID; MEASUREMENT; MOISTURE; PLASTICITY; POROSITY; STRENGTH;

EID: 33751074973     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2006.08.008     Document Type: Article

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