A TOF-SIMS surface chemical analytical study of rare earth element minerals from micro-flotation tests products

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 32-40

  Chehreh Chelgani, S ^a   Hart, B ^a   Xia, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flotation; Rare earth minerals; SEM EDX; Surface chemistry; TOF SIMS

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL STUDIES; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; FEED SAMPLES; GRAIN COMPOSITION; LAKE DEPOSITS; MINERAL PHASIS; MINERAL RECOVERY PROCESS; MINERAL SURFACES; ORE MINERALOGY; SEM-EDX; SEM-EDX ANALYSIS; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; SPECTRAL FINGERPRINTING; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; SURFACE CHEMICALS; SURFACE SPECIES; TOF SIMS; TOF-SIMS ANALYSIS; WORLD CLASS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FLOTATION; LOADING; PILOT PLANTS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RARE EARTHS; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE ANALYSIS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

MINERALS;

EID: 84874679667     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2013.01.011     Document Type: Article

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