Consumption of steel grinding media in mills - A review

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 77-91

  Aldrich, Chris ^a,b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Comminution; Grinding media; Models; Wear

Indexed keywords

COMMINUTION SYSTEM; COMPLEX INTERACTION; GRINDING CONDITIONS; GRINDING MEDIA; IMPRECISE INFORMATION; MINERAL PROCESSING; MODELLING METHODOLOGY; PROCESSING CONDITION;

COMMINUTION; GRINDING (MACHINING); GRINDING MILLS; MODELS; TRIBOLOGY; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

GRINDING (COMMINUTION);

EID: 84878881761     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2013.04.023     Document Type: Review

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