Adsorption of SIP E. coli onto quartz and its applications in froth flotation

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 389-395

  Farahat, Mohsen ^a   Hirajima, Tsuyoshi ^a   Sasaki, Keiko ^a   Aiba, Yuuki ^a   Doi, Katsumi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Froth flotation; Mineral processing; Surface modification

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BACTERIA; CELLS; ELECTROSTATIC FORCE; SURFACE TREATMENT; ZETA POTENTIAL;

ALKALINE CONDITIONS; BACTERIA CELLS; ELECTROSTATIC FORCES; MINERAL PROCESSING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 40849142436     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2007.10.019     Document Type: Article

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