Fractal evaluation of particle size distributions of chromites in different comminution environments

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 156-167

  Tasdemir A ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Comminution; Fractal dimension; Fractal fragmentation; Particle size distribution; Piecewise fractal model

Indexed keywords

BALL MILLING; CHROMITE; CHROMITE DEPOSITS; COMMINUTION; CRUSHING; FRACTALS; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); GRINDING (MACHINING); IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INITIATORS (CHEMICAL); MINERALS; ORES; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BREAKAGE MECHANISMS; CHROMITE ORES; CUMULATIVE FUNCTIONS; FRACTAL FRAGMENTATION; FRACTIONAL EXPONENTS; GENERAL TRENDS; MASS DISTRIBUTIONS; MINERALOGICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PIECEWISE FRACTAL MODEL; POWER LAWS;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

EID: 58049152325     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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