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Froth flotation

Froth flotation is a process for selectively separating hydrophobic materials from hydrophilic. This is used in mineral processing, paper recycling and waste-water treatment industries. Historically this was first used in the mining industry, where it was one of the great enabling technologies of the 20th century. It has been described as "the single…

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Science of flotation

Flotation equipment

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Froth flotation

Nodes126
Edges125
Triples144
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015873
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Froth flotation

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related to First commercial flotation process · 42
Froth flotation → American, April, As, Australia, Because, Berkeley, Butters, By, California, Charles Butters, Dolgellau, Dooley Building, Elmore, Engineering, England, Frank Elmore, Glasdir, In, Institution, June
related to Further reading · 32
Froth flotation → April, AusIMM, Bowen, Century, Colorado, Denver, Exploration, February, Fuerstenau, Google Books, Green, Innovation, ISBN, Littleton, Manlapig, Maurice, Melbourne, Metallurgy, Mining, Mount Isa
related to 19th century · 21
Froth flotation → Adolph, August, Bessel, Bradford, Bradford Breaker, Dresden, Englishman William Haynes, Germany, Haynes's, He, His, However, In, Inventor Hezekiah Bradford, July, Later, No, Philadelphia, Sri Lanka, The
related to Principle of operation · 9
Froth flotation → About, An, Aqueous, For, In, The, These, This, With
related to history · 8
Froth flotation → Australia, Broken Hill, During, Flotation, Greek, Initially, Persian, Since
related to Mineral processing · 6
Froth flotation → Froth, Grade-recovery, Hydrophobicity, Phosphates, The, These
has treatment · 5
Froth flotation → DAF, Froth, In, The, These
related to Environmental considerations · 5
Froth flotation → As, Froth, Naturally, Some, Tailings
related to Chemical compounds for deinking of recycled paper · 4
Froth flotation → Froth, In, Normally, The
related to Theory · 4
Froth flotation → Consequently, Froth, In, This

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flotation process minerals froth particles used separation mineral particle surface hydrophobic bubbles air bubble collectors first oil also use patent

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Froth flotationis aprocess for selectively separating hydrophobic materials from hydrophilic0.90text
carbonaceous dustinstance ofSome concentrators use a preflotation step to remove low density impurities0.80text
organodithiophosphatesinstance ofRelated collectors include sulfur-based ligands0.80text
fatty acidsinstance ofnaturally occurring chemicals0.80text
oils were used as flotation reagents in large quantities to increase the hydrophobicity of the valuable mineralsinstance ofnaturally occurring chemicals0.80text
a long hydrocarbon tailinstance ofand a hydrophobic portion0.80text
Froth flotationhas treatmentFroth0.60section
Froth flotationhas treatmentThe0.60section
Froth flotationhas treatmentThese0.60section
Froth flotationhas treatmentDAF0.60section
Froth flotationhas treatmentIn0.60section
Froth flotationrelated to 19th centuryEnglishman William Haynes0.60section

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