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Stabilization of bubble size in a flotation cell

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    The ultimate size of bubbles in a flotation cell is an outcome of competing processes: coalescence of bubbles and adsorption of the surfactant on their surface.

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    Formation of highly developed initial interface due to breakup of the gas phase is an indispensable condition for stabilizing bubble size at a lower size level.

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    The optimal method of frothing agent injection (for stabilizing bubble size) into the flotation cell is to inject it into the air phase as vapors or aerosols.

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  1. S. A. Kondrat'ev
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  2. G. R. Bochkarev
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Institute of Mining, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk. Translated from Fiziko-Tekhnicheskie Problemy Razrabotki Poleznykh Iskopaemykh, Vol. 34, No. 3, pp.101–107, May–June, 1998.

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Kondrat'ev, S.A., Bochkarev, G.R. Stabilization of bubble size in a flotation cell. J Min Sci 34, 272–277 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02803466

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