Talk:Froth flotation

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I think "flotation" should remain a separate keyword and not integrated into "froth flotation". In the paper industry, flotation is the key process in the recycling process for recovered paper, the deinking process. Nobody uses the term "froth flotation". I might find the time to suggest updates for both the keywords flotation and deinking. See also INGEDE's website.

217.249.238.161 21:39, 27 October 2005 (UTC) Axel Fischer, INGEDE

[edit] Questions for improvement of the article

It is interesting which one of these regimes (large bubbles, small bubbles) is the predominant in industrial ore flotation operations.

Also, are there calculations that consider a number of particles favorably attaching to a single bubble but weighing it so it won't rise. Due to instabilities, one would imagine that rising bubbles with only a few particles attached should do the job. But in the case of small bubbles attaching to a particle, not only is there a maximum particle size, but modelling the conditions for attachment of a large number of bubbles to a single particle is worthwhile to mention, if done.

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