Nanobubble column flotation of fine coal particles and associated fundamentals

International Journal of Mineral Processing

Volumn 124, Issue , 2013, Pages 109-116

  Sobhy, A ^a,b   Tao, D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL METALLURGICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE CMRDI   (Egypt)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Coal; Froth flotation; Nanobubble

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTIBLE RECOVERY; HYDRODYNAMIC CAVITATIONS; LOWER OPERATING COSTS; NANO-BUBBLE; OPERATING CONDITION; PARTICLE SEPARATION; PARTICLE SIZE RANGES; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY;

CAVITATION; COAL; COAL SLURRIES; FROTH FLOTATION; HYDROPHOBICITY;

METAL RECOVERY;

EID: 84884500614     PISSN: 03017516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.minpro.2013.04.016     Document Type: Article

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