Design of a flotation cell equipped with ultrasound transducers to enhance coal flotation

Ultrasonics Sonochemistry

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 639-645

  Özkan, Şafak G ^a   Kuyumcu, Halit Z ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coal flotation; Mineral processing; Ultrasonic treatment; Ultrasonics; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION; FLOTATION; GEOMETRY; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

COAL FLOTATION; MINERAL PROCESSING; ULTRASONIC TREATMENT;

COAL;

COAL; REAGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; FLOTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 34247394623     PISSN: 13504177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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