The dependency of the critical contact angle for flotation on particle size - Modelling the limits of fine particle flotation

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-57

  Chipfunhu, Daniel ^a   Zanin, Massimiliano ^a   Grano, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Fine particles flotation; Flotation modelling; Froth flotation

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FINE PARTICLES; FLOATABILITY; FLOTATION CELL; QUARTZ PARTICLES; SIZE FRACTION; SIZE RANGES;

CONTACT ANGLE; PARTICLE SIZE; QUARTZ;

FROTH FLOTATION;

EID: 78449248927     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2010.09.020     Document Type: Article

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