Mineral flotation is an important industrial process that involves the collection of particles with bubbles. The bubble-particle collection process involves collision, followed by attachment and the establishment of a stable bubble-particle aggregate. In this fundamental study, flotation experiments involving different minerals have been conducted in a Smith and Partridge flotation column and Rushton turbine flotation cell to determine the effect of particle hydrophobicity, size and density, gas flow rate and turbulence on the mineral flotation rate constant. Measurements of bubble size, bubble velocity and turbulence (e) were also conducted to determine the influence of these physical variables on the flotation rate. / thesis (PhDAppliedScience)--University of South Australia, 2004.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/284145 |
| Date | January 2004 |
| Creators | Pyke, Brendan |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | © 2004 Brendan Pyke |
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