Effect of ultrasound on separation selectivity and efficiency of flotation

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1209-1217

  Cilek, Emin Cafer ^a   Ozgen, Selcuk ^b  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Flotation froths; Flotation kinetics; Sulphide ores

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW-RATE; BUBBLE COALESCENCE; COARSE PARTICLES; COMPLEX SULPHIDE ORE; FINE PARTICLES; FLOTATION FROTHS; FLOTATION KINETICS; FLOTATION MACHINES; FLOTATION PERFORMANCE; FLOTATION RATES; FLOTATION TESTS; PRODUCT QUALITY; PULP DENSITY; SEPARATION PERFORMANCE; SEPARATION SELECTIVITY; SIZE ANALYSIS; SULPHIDE ORES; ULTRASONIC PROBE;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; CELL MEMBRANES; COALESCENCE; FROTH FLOTATION; MINERALS; ORES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SEPARATION; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS;

ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 69749089208     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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