Dissolution of serpentine fibers under acidic flotation conditions reduces inter-fiber friction and alleviates impact of pulp rheological behavior on Ni ore beneficiation

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 459, Issue , 2014, Pages 11-13

  Patra, Partha ^a   Bhambani, Tarun ^b   Nagaraj, D R ^b   Somasundaran, P ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Chrysotile; Frictional forces; Inter fiber contact; Network; Ni ores; Yield stress

Indexed keywords

BENEFICIATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; END EFFECTORS; FLOTATION; FRICTION; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); NICKEL; ORES; RHEOLOGY; SERPENTINE; YIELD STRESS;

ACIDIC CONDITIONS; CHRYSOTILE; FRICTIONAL FORCES; HIGH VISCOSITIES; INTER-FIBER FRICTION; INTERPARTICLE FORCE; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; STRESS DECREASE;

FIBERS;

CHRYSOTILE; COPPER; LUBRICATING AGENT; NICKEL; SERPENTINE; SULFURIC ACID;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; DISSOLUTION; FLOTATION; FLOW KINETICS; FORCE; FRICTION; INTER FIBER FRICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84904133602     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2014.06.039     Document Type: Article

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