Laboratory Reagent Bottles

  COLOR OR FLAME SCREEN, Merwin—Transparent celluloid screen in three tints of blue, which will absorb the yellow of sodium flame. Directions for distinguishing the various flame colors are furnished with each screen. BOTTLE, Packing—Green glass, narrow mouth, without stoppers. BOTTLE—Flint glass, narrow mouth, round shoulder, without stoppers. BOTTLE—Flint glass, wide mouth, round shoulder, without stoppers. BOTTLE, … Read more

Laboratory Air Blowers

BEAKER, Copper—With lip. With flared tcp and flat bottom. Spun from heavy copper sheet. BLOWER, Fan, Electrically Driven-—Small fan blower direct connected to high speed motor. The combination is especially designed for operating low pressure crude oil burners as used with Braun Assay Furnaces. The fan is of special construction to produce volume and pressure for atomizing the … Read more

Crusher Concave Profiles

When used for primary or coarse secondary crushing service, the type of crusher described is usually fitted with the style of concave shown on the upper left. These are known as “standard” or straight-face concaves, which have been the standard type of liner ever since the gyratory crusher came into popular use. The distinguishing features of … Read more

404 Basic Mineral Processing Terms

  ABC: Assay Based Controls are changes made to regulatory setpoints that are biased on the level or changes in the level of the valuable metal being recovered. ABC Circuit: A two-stage grinding circuit composed of an autogenous mill, a ball mill and a crusher. Abrasion: Wearing away by rubbing or friction. Acicular: Having the … Read more

High Capacity Crusher

When the non-choking feature was being applied to existing crushers of the gyratory type, it was found that in several crushing machines, the attendant reduction in receiving opening could be partially offset by sloping the straight portion of the concaves at a wider angle than that for which the top shell was originally designed, because … Read more

Arsenic and Antimony Sulphide Minerals in Cyanidation

The successful cyanidation of gold ores containing appreciable amounts of arsenic or antimony sulphide minerals such as orpiment, realgar, and stibnite is usually difficult or even impossible. Extractions are low and the solutions soon become ‘foul.’ The gold in such ores could be free and uncoated, and no trouble in dissolving it in clean cyanide … Read more