A novel experimental technique to study single bubble-bitumen attachment in flotation

International Journal of Mineral Processing

Volumn 74, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 15-29

  Gu, Guoxing ^a   Sanders, R Sean ^b   Nandakumar, K ^a   Xu, Zhenghe ^a   Masliyah, Jacob H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attachment; Bitumen droplet; Flotation; Hydrogen bubble; Induction time

Indexed keywords

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; BUOYANCY; CHANNEL FLOW; CONTACT ANGLE; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGEN; HYDROPHOBICITY; NOZZLES; SOLUTIONS;

ATTACHMENT; BITUMEN DROPLET; HYDROGEN BUBBLES; INDUCTION TIME;

FROTH FLOTATION;

EID: 6344250724     PISSN: 03017516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.minpro.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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