Quantitative image analysis of bubble cavities in iron ore green pellets

Powder Technology

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 306-312

  Bhuiyan, I U ^a   Mouzon, J ^a   Forsmo, S P E ^b   Hedlund, J ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LKAB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Air bubbles; Image analysis; MIP; Porosity; SEM; Stereology

Indexed keywords

AIR BUBBLES; BUBBLE DIAMETER; FLOTATION REAGENTS; GREEN PELLETS; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY; MIP; PYCNOMETRY; QUANTITATIVE IMAGE ANALYSIS; STEREOLOGY; TOTAL POROSITY;

FROTH FLOTATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRON ORES; MERCURY (METAL); ORE ANALYSIS; PELLETIZING; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

IRON ORE PELLETS;

IRON; MERCURY; REAGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOTATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROBUBBLE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; POROSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEREOMETRY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 80054853424     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2011.08.028     Document Type: Article

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