Micro-bubble size distribution measurements by laser diffraction technique

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 330-335

  Couto, Hudson J B ^a   Nunes, Daniel G ^a   Neumann, Reiner ^a   França, Sílvia C A ^a  

^a CENTRO DE TECNOLOGIA MINERAL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Environmental; Flotation bubbles; Flotation reagents; Shear forces; Sizing

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COALESCENCE; CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; DIFFRACTION; DISSOLUTION; MICELLES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SODIUM; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL; FLOTATION BUBBLES; FLOTATION REAGENTS; SHEAR FORCES; SIZING;

FLOTATION;

EID: 60249083220     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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