High-efficiency nanobubble coal flotation

International Journal of Coal Preparation and Utilization

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 242-256

  Sobhy, Ahmed ^a,b   Tao, Daniel ^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; FLOTATION COLUMNS; FLOTATION RATE CONSTANTS; FROTH FLOTATION PROCESS; HYDROPHOBIC PARTICLES; NANO-BUBBLE; PARTICLE SIZE RANGES; PROBABILITY OF DETACHMENTS;

CAVITATION; COAL; METAL RECOVERY; PARTICLE SIZE; RATE CONSTANTS;

FROTH FLOTATION;

EID: 84884617471     PISSN: 19392699     EISSN: 19392702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19392699.2013.810623     Document Type: Article

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