Selective separation of gallium from zinc using flotation: Effect of solution pH value and the separation mechanism

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 86, Issue , 2016, Pages 104-113

  Bahri, Zahra ^a   Rezai, Bahram ^a   Kowsari, Elaheh ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Flotation; Gallium; Interaction; Selective separation; Turbidity technique

Indexed keywords

FLOTATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GALLIUM; HYDROLYSIS; PH; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEPARATION; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SODIUM SULFATE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TURBIDITY; ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

ACIDIC SOLUTIONS; ANIONIC SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT; EFFECT OF PH; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; INSOLUBLE COMPLEXES; INTERACTION; SELECTIVE SEPARATION; SEPARATION MECHANISM;

PH EFFECTS;

EID: 84949982249     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2015.12.005     Document Type: Article

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