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A possibility to increase the coarseness of floated mineral particles by using water soluble surfactants

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The author proposes the method to increase the coarseness of mineral particles extracted by froth flotation with application of surfactants. The author also shows that soluble surfactants increase the coarseness of the extracted mineral grains insignificantly.

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  1. Institute of Mining, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Krasnyi pr. 54, Novosibirsk, 630091, Russia

    S. A. Kondrat’ev

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Original Russian Text © S.A. Kondrat’ev, 2011, published in Fiziko-Tekhnicheskie Problemy Razrabotki Poleznykh Iskopaemykh, 2011, No. 6, pp. 110–117.

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Kondrat’ev, S.A. A possibility to increase the coarseness of floated mineral particles by using water soluble surfactants. J Min Sci 47, 829–836 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062739147060165

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