The relationship between the peak in air recovery and flotation bank performance

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 451-455

  Hadler, K ^a   Cilliers, J J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air profiling; Air recovery; Flotation bubbles; Flotation froths; Froth flotation

Indexed keywords

PLATINUM; PLATINUM MINES; RECOVERY;

AIR FLOW RATES; AIR RATES; AIR RECOVERY; BUBBLE LOADINGS; BUBBLE SURFACES; EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGNS; FLOTATION BUBBLES; FLOTATION FROTHS; FLOTATION PERFORMANCE; FROTH STABILITIES; STRUCTURAL FEATURES;

FROTH FLOTATION;

EID: 61449228192     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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