Flotation of fine particles: A review

S Farrokhpay, L Filippov… - Mineral Processing and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Literature shows that flotation is highly size dependent and processing both coarse and fine
size fractions is problematic. The latter is the subject of the current paper. Fine particles have …

A review on floc-flotation of fine particles: technological aspects, mechanisms, and future perspectives

K Asgari, H Khoshdast, F Nakhaei… - Mineral Processing …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Flotation process is the most common beneficiation method of almost all types of minerals.
The desirable result of the process is dependent on various factors. One of the most effective …

The limits of fine particle flotation

T Miettinen, J Ralston, D Fornasiero - Minerals engineering, 2010 - Elsevier
Understanding the limits of fine particle flotation is the key to the selective separation of fine
mineral particles. Fine particles have low collision efficiencies with gas bubbles and float …

Surface nanobubbles and their roles in flotation of fine particles–A review

C Li, H Zhang - Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
The study in the field of surface nanobubbles has received great progresses since surface
nanobubbles were imaged with atomic force microscopy in 2000. Meanwhile, the interest in …

Beneficiation of lead-zinc ores–a review

A Nayak, MS Jena, NR Mandre - Mineral Processing and Extractive …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, lead and zinc, emerge to become one of the most widely used non-ferrous
metals for their growing demand in lead-acid batteries, galvanization, radio-active shielding …

Role of hydrodynamic cavitation in fine particle flotation

ZA Zhou, Z Xu, JA Finch, H Hu, SR Rao - International Journal of Mineral …, 1997 - Elsevier
High energy dissipation, high feed velocity and relatively high feed pressures have been
used in some recently developed flotation cells to enhance fine particle flotation. One …

Shear, selective and temperature responsive flocculation: A comparison of fine particle flotation techniques

E Forbes - International Journal of Mineral Processing, 2011 - Elsevier
Mineral flotation is a process whereby valuable hydrophobic mineral particles are recovered
from low grade mineral pulp by means of attachment to air bubbles. Particles smaller than …

The challenges and prospects of recovering fine copper sulfides from tailings using different flotation techniques: A review

M Bilal, I Park, V Hornn, M Ito, FU Hassan, S Jeon… - Minerals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Flotation is a common mineral processing method used to upgrade copper sulfide ores; in
this method, copper sulfide mineral particles are concentrated in froth, and associated …

Flotation of molybdenite fines as hydrophobic agglomerates

S Song, X Zhang, B Yang, A Lopez-Mendoza - Separation and Purification …, 2012 - Elsevier
The flotation of molybdenite fines as hydrophobic agglomerates has been studied through
micro-flotation and microscopy observations in this work. The hydrophobic agglomeration …

A review of the modern characterization techniques for flocs in mineral processing

L Liang, Y Peng, J Tan, G Xie - Minerals Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
The paper reviews the modern characterization techniques for flocs. Flocculation is playing
an integral role in mineral processing. In the solid liquid separation processes, flocculation …