The copper concentrate was analyzed using a laser particle size analyzer MASTERSIZER 2000 (Malvern Instruments Ltd., Malvern, UK). The maximum particle size was 400 µm and the minimum was only 11 µm. The size distribution was fitted to the Rosin–Rammler distribution model and the mean particles size was calculated to be 132.5 µm. The ...
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WhatsApp: +86 182217550734. Particle size Copper concentrates have particles sizes <100 µm. Table 3 summarizes the particle size distributions of 23 copper concentrates and concludes on a typical median …
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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073The particle size distributions for Cu concentrate before and after ultra-fine grinding are demonstrated in Fig. 7. The d 80 for sample before grinding was 47.6 µm. 50 % and 10 % of particles were finer than 24.5 and 4.5 µm, respectively.
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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073In this paper, the terms initial particles and feed particles are used as synonymous. The chemical composition of all sieved fractions and the unsieved concentrate determined by AAS and gravimetry techniques are shown in Figure 3. The results showed that the copper content in the particles decreased as the particle size in…
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Abstract During copper extraction from copper concentrate, the slime generated in a copper electrorefining tank contains many valuable elements like Cu, Ni, Se, Te, Au, Ag, Pt, Pd, Bi, Sb, along with As, Pb, Fe, Ba, etc. The conventional process ... The particle size of the as-received sample was analyzed and depicted in Fig. 1,
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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073(a) (b) (c) (d) Figure 6– Evolution of morphology, mineralogy and size of copper concentrate particles along the laboratory furnace, 45-53 μm, 70% O2 (a) z = 0 m; (b) z=0.3 m; (c) z=0.8 m; (d) z=0.9 m from the lance tip The grey scale is used her to represent the mineralogical species present in the particles, i.e., the darkest color ...
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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073The two concentrate samples were taken at different point of time for a given blend from the dryer outlet before the feed point of smelter and analyzed for particle size. The particle size distribution for both the samples is shown in Fig. 3. A wide variation in the particle size, particularly finer fraction, is observed. This variation in ...
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