Convective-dispersive gangue transport in flotation froth

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 5736-5744

  Stevenson, Paul ^a   Ata, Seher ^a   Evans, Geoffrey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Convection; Dispersion; Flotation; Foam; Gangue

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIFFUSION; FOAM CONTROL; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

COLUMN FLOTATION; LIQUID RECOVERY;

FROTH FLOTATION;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIFFUSION; FOAM CONTROL; FROTH FLOTATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 34748878834     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.05.038     Document Type: Article

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