Selecting frothers for the flotation of specific ores by means of batch scale foaming tests

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Publication Series

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 339-349

  Zanin, M ^a   Grano, S R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MAusIMM ^*

Author keywords

Flotation; Froth stability; Frothers; Froths; Sulfide ores

Indexed keywords

FROTH STABILITY; FROTHER; FROTHERS; FROTHS; LIFE TIMES; MAIN PARAMETERS; METALLURGICAL PERFORMANCES; PROCESS WATERS; PULP SAMPLES; ROUGHERS; SULFIDE ORES; SUSPENDED PARTICLES;

FLOTATION; METAL RECOVERY; METALLURGY; MILITARY OPERATIONS; MINERALS; ORE TREATMENT; ORES; SCREENING; STEEL METALLURGY; SULFIDE MINERALS;

FROTH FLOTATION;

EID: 58049209284     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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