Ilmenite smelting: The basics

Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-43

  Pistorius, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLIDIFIED TITANIA SLAG; SOUTH AFRICAN OPERATIONS;

SLAGS; SMELTING; SOLIDIFICATION;

ILMENITE;

EID: 40749085209     PISSN: 22256253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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