Physical and chemical beneficiation of the egyptian beach monazite

Resource Geology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 288-299

  Moustafa, Mohamed I ^a   Abdelfattah, Nasr A ^a  

^a NUCLEAR MATERIALS AUTHORITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Electrostatic separation; Ion exchange; Monazite; Physical beneficiation; Rare earth elements; Reversibility; Tribocharging; Xenotime

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; ION EXCHANGE; MINERAL; MONAZITE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

EGYPT;

EID: 77955936300     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: 17513928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2010.00131.x     Document Type: Article

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