The use of rhamnolipid biosurfactants as a frothing agent and a sample copper ore response

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-49

  Khoshdast, Hamid ^a   Sam, Abbas ^a   Manafi, Zahra ^b  

^a SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

^b Research and Development Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

Copper mineral; Froth flotation; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Rhamnolipid biosurfactant

Indexed keywords

BIO SURFACTANT; COPPER MINERALS; COPPER ORE; FLOTATION PERFORMANCE; FLOTATION RATES; FROTHERS; FROTHING AGENTS; HYDROPHILE-LIPOPHILE BALANCE; IRON MINERALS; MINERAL FLOTATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHAMNOLIPID BIOSURFACTANT; RHAMNOLIPID BIOSURFACTANTS; RHAMNOLIPIDS; SURFACE ACTIVITIES;

BACTERIA; BIOMOLECULES; COPPER; FROTH FLOTATION; MOLYBDENUM; ORES; SILICATE MINERALS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION;

ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 84856241257     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2011.10.010     Document Type: Article

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