Froth recovery of industrial flotation cells

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 12-14, 2008, Pages 817-825

  Yianatos, J B ^a   Moys, M H ^b   Contreras, F ^a   Villanueva, A ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c Division El Teniente   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bubble load; Collection recovery; Flotation; Froth recovery

Indexed keywords

FLOTATION;

BUBBLE LOAD; COLLECTION RECOVERY; DIRECT MEASUREMENTS; FLOTATION CELLS; FROTH RECOVERY; MASS FLOW RATES; TRUE FLOTATION;

FROTH FLOTATION;

EID: 53149125692     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2007.12.012     Document Type: Article

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