Evidence for surface cleaning of sulphide minerals by attritioning in stirred mills

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 11-13, 2010, Pages 937-944

  Ye, X ^a   Gredelj, S ^a   Skinner, W ^a   Grano, S R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attrition; Flotation; Stirred milling; Surface oxidation

Indexed keywords

ATTRITION; COARSE PARTICLES; ETHYLENE DIAMINE; FINE PARTICLES; FLOATABILITY; GRINDING MEDIA; IRON HYDROXIDES; MILD STEEL; MINERAL SAMPLES; SIZE FRACTION; STIRRED MILLING; SULPHIDE MINERALS; SURFACE CONTAMINATIONS; SURFACE OXIDATION; SURFACE PRECIPITATION; XPS ANALYSIS;

ACETIC ACID; ANGLE MEASUREMENT; CARBON STEEL; CONTACT ANGLE; ETHYLENE; FLOTATION; GRINDING (MACHINING); GRINDING MILLS; IRON; METAL RECOVERY; MILLING (MACHINING); MINERALS; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); STAINLESS STEEL; SURFACE ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SURFACE CLEANING;

EID: 77955510347     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2010.03.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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