The influence of phyllosilicate mineralogy on the rheology of mineral slurries

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1314-1322

  Ndlovu, Bulelwa ^a   Becker, Megan ^a   Forbes, Elizaveta ^b   Deglon, David ^a   Franzidis, Jean Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chrysotile; Muscovite; Phyllosilicate; Rheology; Vermiculite

Indexed keywords

CHARGE SEPARATIONS; CHRYSOTILE; ELECTROKINETIC; FLOTATION RATES; FLOW BEHAVIOURS; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; LAYER CONFIGURATION; MUSCOVITE; NEGATIVE CHARGE; PHYLLOSILICATE; PLASTIC VISCOSITY; POTENTIOMETRIC TITRATIONS; RHEOLOGY TEST; SWELLING BEHAVIOUR; TAILINGS TREATMENT; VERMICULITE; ZETA POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS;

ASPECT RATIO; CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FLOTATION; MICA; MINERALOGY; ORE TREATMENT; QUARTZ; RHEOLOGY; SERPENTINE; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TITRATION; VISCOSITY; YIELD STRESS; ZETA POTENTIAL;

MINERALS;

EID: 80052924814     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2011.05.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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