Influence of particle shape on flotation performance

IMPC 2014 - 27th International Mineral Processing Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Koh, Peter T L ^a   Verrelli, David I ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROPHOBICITY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RATE CONSTANTS; RECOVERY; SPHERES;

DIFFERENT PARTICLE SIZES; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; FLOTATION PERFORMANCE; FLOTATION RATE CONSTANTS; HYDROPHOBIC PARTICLES; PARTICLE COLLISION FREQUENCY; PARTICLE-BUBBLE ATTACHMENT; TRANSIENT MODELLING;

FLOTATION;

EID: 84938875248     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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