Comminution environment and gold particle morphology: Effects on gravity concentration

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 590-592

  Ofori Sarpong, G ^a   Amankwah, R K ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Comminution equipment; Enrichment ratio; Gold particles; Gravity separation; Morphology

Indexed keywords

COMMINUTION EQUIPMENT; DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT; ENRICHMENT RATIO; FLAKY PARTICLES; GLOBULAR PARTICLES; GOLD ORES; GOLD PARTICLES; GOLD RECOVERIES; GRAVITY CONCENTRATION; GRAVITY SEPARATION; HAMMERMILLS; PARTICLE SHAPE; PROCESSING PLANTS; SHAPED PARTICLES;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EQUIPMENT; GOLD; GOLD ORE TREATMENT; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); HAMMERS; MORPHOLOGY; ORES;

BALL MILLS;

EID: 79955659487     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2011.02.014     Document Type: Article

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