Use of X-ray computed tomography to investigate crack distribution and mineral dissemination in sphalerite ore particles

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1249-1257

  Ghorbani, Yousef ^a   Becker, Megan ^a   Petersen, Jochen ^a   Morar, Sameer H ^a   Mainza, Aubrey ^a   Franzidis, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Mineralogy; Particles; Sphalerite; X ray tomography

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED DIAGNOSTICS; CRACK DISTRIBUTION; CRACK GENERATION; HEAP LEACHING; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY; MINERAL PROCESSING; NON-DESTRUCTIVE TECHNIQUE; ORE BODIES; PARTICLE PORES; QEMSCAN; SOUTH AFRICA; SPHALERITE; SPHALERITE PARTICLES; STRUCTURAL DATA; THRESHOLDING; TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY CT SYSTEM; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY;

ADSORPTION; CRACKS; CRUSHED STONE PLANTS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LEACHING; MERCURY (METAL); MINERALOGY; ORE DEPOSITS; ORES; SCANNING; SILICATE MINERALS; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAYS; ZINC SULFIDE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 80052953784     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2011.04.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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