Effect of slurry rheology on gas dispersion in a pilot-scale mechanical flotation cell

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1448-1453

  Shabalala, N Z P ^a   Harris, M ^a   Leal Filho, L S ^b   Deglon, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Flotation bubbles; Flotation machines; Froth flotation; Rheology

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE SIZE; FLOTATION BUBBLES; FLOTATION CELL; FLOTATION MACHINES; GAS DISPERSION; GAS HOLD UP; GAS HOLD-UPS; HIGH-SOLIDS; NON-NEWTONIAN; PILOT SCALE; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOUR; SLURRY RHEOLOGY; SOLIDS CONCENTRATIONS; VISCOSITY INCREASE;

CAVES; CELLS; DISPERSIONS; ELASTICITY; GASES; IMPELLERS; KAOLIN; ORE TREATMENT; RHEOLOGY; SLURRIES; YIELD STRESS;

FROTH FLOTATION;

EID: 80053337949     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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