Reviewing the experimental procedure to determine the carrying capacity in flotation columns

Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 513-520

  Li, H ^a,c   Villar, R Del ^a   Gomez, C O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMATITE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

BUBBLE SURFACE; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; FLOTATION COLUMNS; LABORATORY COLUMNS; MINERAL DENSITY; PARTICLE SIZE VARIATION; SEMI-EMPIRICAL MODELING;

FROTH FLOTATION;

EID: 34248209772     PISSN: 00084433     EISSN: 18791395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/cmq.2004.43.4.513     Document Type: Review

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