Rheology of slurries and environmental impacts in the mining industry

Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages 239-257

  Boger, David V ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mineral industry; Rheology; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MINERAL INDUSTRY; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; RHEOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER RECYCLING;

EMPIRICAL TECHNIQUES; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; NON-NEWTONIAN BEHAVIORS; PUBLIC PERCEPTION; RESOURCE INDUSTRY; RHEOLOGICAL METHOD; SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES; THIXOTROPIC BEHAVIOR;

SLURRIES;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; EQUIPMENT; FLOW KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; MINING; REVIEW;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; MINING; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 84876897428     PISSN: 19475438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-061312-103347     Document Type: Article

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