Copper losses in sulfide concentrate smelting slag are dependent on slag composition

Minerals and Metallurgical Processing

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 141-147

  Zivkovic Z ^a   Mitevska, N ^b   Mihajlovic I ^a   Nikolic D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Mining and Metallurgy Institute   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Copper losses; Copper copper ores; Multiple linear regression analysis; Slag; Smelting

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; COPPER COMPOUNDS; IRON OXIDES; LINEAR REGRESSION; MAGNETITE; SILICA; SILICATES; SLAGS; SMELTING; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; COPPER LOSS; MEASURED RESULTS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSES (MLRA); MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVERBERATORY FURNACES; SLAG COMPOSITIONS; SULFIDE CONCENTRATES;

COPPER SMELTING;

EID: 77955604924     PISSN: 07479182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03402237     Document Type: Article

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