Surface chemistry features in the flotation of KCl

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 365-373

  Cao, Qinbo ^a   Du, Hao ^b   Miller, Jan D ^c   Wang, Xuming ^c   Cheng, Fangqin ^a  

^a SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Contact angle; KCl flotation; Molecular dynamics simulation

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION STATE; BUBBLE ATTACHMENTS; CAPTIVE BUBBLES; CATIONIC AND ANIONIC COLLECTORS; FINITE CONTACT ANGLE; FLOTATION BEHAVIOR; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NACL CRYSTAL; SATURATED SOLUTIONS;

ADSORPTION; ANGLE MEASUREMENT; CONTACT ANGLE; DYES; FROTH FLOTATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE DEFECTS;

SURFACE STRUCTURE;

EID: 77649185051     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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