Impact of frother on the terminal velocity of small bubbles

International Journal of Mineral Processing

Volumn 91, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 68-73

  Navarra, A ^a   Acuna C ^b   Finch, J A ^c  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flotation; Frothers; Small bubbles; Terminal velocity

Indexed keywords

FROTH FLOTATION; SPHERES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

CIRCULATING FLOWS; FLUID SPHERES; FROTHER; FROTHERS; HADAMARD; HARD SPHERES; HARD-SPHERE MODELS; INDUSTRIAL SURFACTANTS; SMALL BUBBLES; TERMINAL VELOCITY;

VELOCITY;

EID: 63449128404     PISSN: 03017516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.minpro.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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