Benchmarking flotation performance: Single minerals

International Journal of Mineral Processing

Volumn 98, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 182-194

  Muganda, S ^a   Zanin, M ^a   Grano, S R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advancing contact angle; Critical contact angle; Floatability component

Indexed keywords

ADVANCING CONTACT ANGLE; CRITICAL CONTACT ANGLE; DITHIOPHOSPHATES; EXPERIMENTAL ERRORS; FLOATABILITY COMPONENT; FLOTATION PERFORMANCE; FLOTATION RESPONSE; GANGUE MINERALS; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SIZE FRACTION; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; TEST CONDITION;

CALIBRATION; COPPER COMPOUNDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FROTH FLOTATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM;

CONTACT ANGLE;

EID: 79952006706     PISSN: 03017516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.minpro.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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