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Liberation model for multi-component ores

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An approximate analytic model is developed for minerals liberation when comminution processes are applied to multi-component ores, i.e., ores that include grains of multiple mineral species. The model employs a one-dimensional representation of ore texture similar to that employed by King (1979) and Klimpel and Austin (1983). The spatial texture representation is viewed as being generated by a stationary semi-Markov process. Associated semi-regenerative processes are defined that can be used to establish, approximately, the joint distribution of particle size and composition, where composition refers to the identities and relative proportions of mineral species included within the particle. Numerical predictions made by the model are compared to size and composition distributions observed in previous experimental studies.

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  1. Department of Mining Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA

    J. C. Yingling (member SME, assistant professor)

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M&MP paper 90-638.

Discussion of this paper must be submitted, in duplicate, prior to Aug. 30, 1991.

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Yingling, J.C. Liberation model for multi-component ores. Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration 8, 65–72 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03402934

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