Froth flotation of mineral particles: Mechanism

Drying Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 985-995

  Min, Qi ^a   Duan, Yuan Yuan ^a   Peng, Xiao Feng ^a   Mujumdar, Arun ^b   Hsu, Chien ^c   Lee, Duu Jong ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Flotation; Mechanism; Mineral dewatering; Review

Indexed keywords

FLOTATION; GARNETS; MECHANISMS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FROTH FLOTATION PROCESS; MINERAL PARTICLES; PARTICLE BUBBLE INTERACTIONS; ZONE MODELING;

FROTH FLOTATION;

EID: 47749104547     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373930802115628     Document Type: Review

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