Rheology of nickel laterite slurries

Hydrometallurgy 2008: Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 580-589

  Das, G K ^a   Kelly, N ^a   Muir, D M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Limonite ores; Nickel laterites; Particle size distribution; Rheology; Smectite ores; Viscosity; Yield stress

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; COLLOIDS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROMETALLURGY; IONIC STRENGTH; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; IRON OXIDES; KAOLINITE; LITHOLOGY; METALLURGY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; OXIDE MINERALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PLASTICITY; PULP; QUARTZ; RHEOLOGY; SALINE WATER; SILICATE MINERALS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOILS; VISCOMETERS; VISCOSITY; YIELD STRESS;

CHARACTERISATION; COARSE PARTICLES; FINER FRACTIONS; LATERITE ORES; LIMONITE ORES; LIMONITIC ORES; LINEAR CORRELATIONS; LIZARDITE; NICKEL LATERITES; NICKEL SULFIDES; NONTRONITE; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; PULP DENSITIES; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOURS; SMECTITE; SMECTITE ORES; SURFACE AREAS;

ORES;

COLLOIDS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HYDRODYNAMICS; IONIC STRENGTH; IONIZATION; NICKEL; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE SIZE; RHEOLOGY; STRESSES; VISCOSITY;

EID: 56449129790     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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