Surface chemical mechanisms of inadvertent recovery of chromite in UG2 ore flotation: Residual layer identification using statistical ToF-SIMS analysis

International Journal of Mineral Processing

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 72-82

  Jasieniak, Marek ^a   Smart, Roger St C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chromite; Flotation; Gangue minerals; Surface analysis; ToF SIMS; UG2 ore

Indexed keywords

BUSHVELD COMPLEX; FLOTATION RATES; GANGUE MINERALS; LARGE PARTICLES; MERENSKY ORE; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; ORTHOPYROXENE; PGM RECOVERY; PROCESSING COSTS; RESIDUAL LAYERS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL COMPARISONS; SURFACE CHEMICALS; SURFACE EXPOSURE; TOF SIMS; TOF-SIMS ANALYSIS; UG2 ORE;

CHROMITE; CHROMITE DEPOSITS; CHROMIUM; FLOTATION; MAGNESIUM; MINERALS; ORE ANALYSIS; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SILICATE MINERALS; SURFACE ANALYSIS; TALC;

ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 75349092310     PISSN: 03017516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.minpro.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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