A Review of Graphite Beneficiation Techniques

Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 58-68

  Chehreh Chelgani, S ^a,b,c   Rudolph, M ^a   Kratzsch, R ^a,d   Sandmann, D ^d   Gutzmer, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIBERIA   (Liberia)

^d TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

flotation; Graphite; leaching; liberation; microwave; roasting

Indexed keywords

BENEFICIATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLOTATION; LEACHING; MICROWAVES; ORE TREATMENT; REMOVAL;

CRITICAL RAW MATERIALS; ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS; FLOTATION SEPARATION; LIBERATION; MINERAL BENEFICIATION; NATURALLY OCCURRING; ROASTING; SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNIQUES;

GRAPHITE;

EID: 84977471102     PISSN: 08827508     EISSN: 15477401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08827508.2015.1115992     Document Type: Article

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