Nanobubble generation and its application in froth flotation (part I): nanobubble generation and its effects on properties of microbubble and millimeter scale bubble solutions

Mining Science and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-19

  FAN, Maoming ^a,b   TAO, Daniel ^a   HONAKER, Rick ^a   LUO, Zhenfu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Eriez Manufacturing   (United States)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

cavitation; froth flotation; microbubble; nanobubble; Zeta potential

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE SOLUTIONS; CENTRAL COMPOSITE; DISSOLVED CARBON DIOXIDE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GENERATION SYSTEMS; HYDROPHILIC PARTICLES; HYDROPHOBIC PARTICLES; MICRO-BUBBLE; NANO-BUBBLE; NANOBUBBLES; PROCESS PARAMETERS; SLURRY TEMPERATURE; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; TIME INTERVAL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CAVITATION; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; SLURRIES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; ZETA POTENTIAL;

FROTH FLOTATION;

EID: 76249101077     PISSN: 16745264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1674-5264(09)60154-X     Document Type: Article

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