Flotation selectivity of phosphate ore: Effects of particle size and reagent concentration

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1511-1518

  Santana, R C ^a   Duarte, C R ^a   Ataide C H ^a   Barrozo, M A S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apatite; Column flotation; Granulometric effect

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITES; COARSE PARTICLES; COLUMN FLOTATION; FACTORIAL EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FLOTATION COLUMNS; FLOTATION SELECTIVITY; GRANULOMETRIC EFFECT; REAGENT CONCENTRATION; SELECTIVE SEPARATION; SELECTIVITY RATIO;

APATITE; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; FLOTATION; ORE TREATMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EID: 79958760207     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2011.561268     Document Type: Article

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