Design and development of novel flotation reagents for the beneficiation of Mountain Pass rare-earth ore

Minerals and Metallurgical Processing

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-9

  Pradip, P ^a   Fuerstenau, D W ^b  

^a TATA RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN CENTRE   (India)

^b University of California Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkyl hydroxamates; Bastnaesite flotation; Flotation reagent design; High temperature conditioning; Rare earth mineral flotation; Rare earth minerals

Indexed keywords

BENEFICIATION; CALCITE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FATTY ACIDS; FROTH FLOTATION; LANDFORMS; RARE EARTHS; SODIUM CARBONATE; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

ALKYL HYDROXAMATES; BASTNAESITE; FLOTATION REAGENTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MINERAL FLOTATION;

ORES;

EID: 84874042129     PISSN: 07479182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03402335     Document Type: Article

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