The limits of fine and coarse particle flotation

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 739-747

  De Gontijo, Carlos F ^a   Fornasiero, Daniel ^a   Ralston, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coarse particle flotation; Critical contact angle; Detachment; Kinetic theory of flotation; Stability

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; HYDRODYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; QUARTZ;

COARSE PARTICLE FLOTATION; CRITICAL CONTACT ANGLE; DETACHMENT; KINETIC THEORY OF FLOTATION;

FLOTATION;

CONTACT ANGLE; FLOTATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; QUARTZ;

EID: 36049021817     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450850519     Document Type: Article

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