Surface chemistry considerations in the flotation of rare-earth and other semisoluble salt minerals

Minerals and Metallurgical Processing

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-37

  Zhang, X ^a   Du, H ^b   Wang, X ^a   Miller, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Flotation; Rare earth minerals; Surface characterization; Wettability

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE EARTH METALS; ALKALINITY; BARITE; BARIUM SULFATE; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM FLUORIDE; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL BONDS; FLOTATION; FLUORSPAR; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; RARE EARTHS; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; WETTING;

ALKALINE EARTH; ALKALINE EARTH SALTS; ELECTRO-KINETIC; FLOTATION SEPARATION; RARE EARTH SALT; SOLUBILITY IN WATERS; SURFACE CHARACTERIZATION; WETTING CHARACTERISTICS;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84874076353     PISSN: 07479182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03402338     Document Type: Article

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