Beneficiation of diasporic-bauxite ore by selective flocculation with a polyacrylate flocculant

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 664-672

  Wang, Yu hua ^a   Huang, Chuan bing ^a   Hu, Yue hua ^a   Hu, Ye min ^a   Lan, Ye ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fine particle processing; Flocculation; Industrial minerals; Oxide ores

Indexed keywords

BENEFICIATION; FLOCCULATION; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PH; SEDIMENTATION;

FINE PARTICLE PROCESSING; INDUSTRIAL MINERALS; ISOELECTRIC POINT (IEP); OXIDE ORES; SODIUM POLYACRYLATE (PAS);

BAUXITE DEPOSITS;

EID: 44949189434     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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