Characterizing frothers using water carrying rate

Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 215-220

  Moyo, P ^a   Gomez, C O ^a   Finch, J A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; HYDROPHILICITY; MEASUREMENT THEORY; RECOVERY; RECYCLING; WATER;

HYDROPHILIC PARTICLES; OVERFLOW RATE;

FROTH FLOTATION;

EID: 34547498543     PISSN: 00084433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/cmq.2007.46.3.215     Document Type: Conference Paper

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