Improving Metallurgical Balance

Table of ContentsSearch for Weight Split All metallurgical balance techniques, old or new are based on mathematically equating the inflow and outflow of specific components

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Potash Laboratory Flotation Tests

Table of ContentsExperimental MaterialsExperimental ProceduresSettling TestsTwo-Stage Mechanical DeslimingInsoluble-Slimes FlotationPotash FlotationLeaching Insoluble-Slimes Flotation ConcentratesFiltration TestsExperimental Results and DiscussionSettling TestsInsoluble-Slimes Flotation Using Various Reagent SchemesComparison of Mechanical

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Flotation Circuit Automation

Table of ContentsFLOTATION CONTROL TECHNIQUESControl Flotation by Feed-forwardFeedback Control for Stabilising Circuit OperationControlling Circulating Loads in FlotationSelection of a Computer Control SystemOn-Stream X-Ray Analysis Flotation circuit

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Automatic Grind Control

The “best” control strategy for a given plant is the strategy that most closely fulfills the overall operating objectives. The best strategy will likely not

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Autoclave Leaching of Copper Nickel Matte

Table of ContentsMaterialsExperimental ProcedureResults and DiscussionLeaching Characteristics of MatteAgitator Speed and Leaching Time StudiesEffect of AirflowExtraction Dependence on Particle SizeGas Composition Influence on ExtractionLeaching Behaviour of

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eddy current testing
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Eddy Current Testing

An eddy current is a circulating electric current induced within the body of a conductor when that conductor either moves through a nonuniform magnetic field or is

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Assay Laboratory Accidents

As the assayer at a mine is often called upon to relieve suffering in an emergency the following hints may prove helpful. Burns.—For dry burns

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Retorting Amalgam & Melting Bullion

Table of ContentsDescription of ProcessDistillationModern Retorting ApparatusMelting BullionFlux for BullionMuffle and Furnace Maintenance It sometimes falls to the lot of the assayer doing commercial work

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