Rheological behaviour of lateritic smectite ore slurries

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 594-602

  Das, G K ^a   Kelly, N ^a   Muir, D M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mineralogy; Nickel laterite; Optimum pulp density; Rheology; Smectite; Yield stress

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISATION; FINER PARTICLES; LINEAR CORRELATION; MAGHEMITES; MEAN PARTICLE SIZE; MINERAL PHASIS; NICKEL LATERITE; OPTIMUM PULP DENSITY; PULP DENSITY; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOUR; SMECTITE ORES; SMECTITES; SURFACE AREA;

BLENDING; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; IRON ORES; KAOLIN; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; NICKEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RHEOLOGY; SALINE WATER; SOILS; VISCOMETERS; VISCOSITY; YIELD STRESS;

SLURRIES;

EID: 79955829260     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2010.08.011     Document Type: Article

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