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Miller, Jan D. | Erratum to Evaluation of stucco binder for agglomeration in the heap leaching of copper ore | Figure 8 top legend is mentioned incorrectly. The legend "With ferric sulfate: column leaching of agglomerates (stucco) should be red in color and column leaching of agglomerates (no stucco) should be blue in color. The correct Fig. 8 is shown below. The authors would like to apologize for the incon... | | 2011-01-01 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Leaching of gold in acid thiourea-thiocyanate solutions using ferric sulfate as oxidant | The leaching of gold in ferric-thiourea-thiocyanate solutions has been studied by the rotating-disk technique. The effects of initial concentrations of ferric, thiourea (Tu), thiocyanate, temperature and pH value on gold leaching rate were studied. Determinations of apparent activation energy indica... | | 2011-01-01 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Thiourea-thiocyanate leaching system for gold | The leaching of gold in thiourea-thiocyanate solutions has been studied by the rotating-disk technique using ferric sulfate as oxidant. The effects of initial concentrations of ferric, thiourea (Tu) and thiocyanate as well as temperature and pH values on gold leaching rates were studied. An initial ... | | 2010-01-01 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Understanding the agglomeration behavior of nickel laterite and gold ores using statistical design of experiments | The drum agglomeration of nickel laterite and gold ores has been optimized through the design of experiments (DOE) using a Taguchi L16 (45) orthogonal array to determine the optimum conditions for maximizing average agglomerate size and minimizing the amount of fines. The effects of controllable ope... | | 2014-01-01 |
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Miller, Jan D. | High resolution X-ray microtomography based micro finite element analysis of mechanical properties of cellular material | The macroscopic mechanical (elastic) properties of closed foams (ROHACELL) estimated from micro finite element analysis are reported in this paper. The complex 3D geometries of ROHACELL foams with different densities were analyzed using high resolution X-ray microtomography (HRXMT). The microstructu... | | 2013-01-01 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Effect of surface oxidation on interfacial water structure at the pyrite (100) surface as studied by MDS | Flotation provides a number of alternatives for the processing of gold ores containing sulfide minerals. e.g. flotation of free gold and gold-bearing sulfides to produce a gold-rich concentrate for regrinding, oxidative pretreatment and cyanidation. | | 2014-01-01 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Flotation chemistry of soluble salt minerals: from ion hydration to colloid adsorption | In this paper, recent progress with respect to the flotation chemistry of soluble salt minerals is reviewed, and some of the more relevant issues including the hydration states of ions, the interfacial phenomena of salt surfaces and the flotation behavior of selected soluble salts are discussed. Due... | | 2014-01-01 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Thermogravimetric/Mass spectrometric (TG/MS) characterization of toner particles from photocopied wastepaper and the impact of these features on flotation deinking | Flotation deinking of photocopies from office waste is known to be much more difficult than the flotation deinking of newsprint. In this regard, research has been undertaken to better understand the phenomena which account for the poor efficiency in the flotation deinking of such office waste. Durin... | Photocopied paper; Recycling; Deinking; Flotation; Thermal decomposition; Thermogravimetry; Mass spectrometry; Differential scanning calorimeter; Toner particles | 1995 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Fine coal flotation in a centrifugal field with an air sparged hydrocyclone | Preliminary results are reported regarding the design and development of a pilot scale air sparged hydrocyclone for cleaning fine coal 590 \xm ("28 mesh) containing 24% ash and 1.6% sulfur. The principle of separation is the flotation of hydrophobic coal particles in the centrifugal field generated... | rocyclones; Coal; Separation technology | 1982 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Fast flotation with an air-sparged hydrocyclone | The status of the research programme on air-sparged hydrocyclones at the University of Utah is presented. Fast flotation of coal, oil shale, and copper porphyry ore has been demonstrated with capacities far exceeding those of conventional flotation cells. In addition to the performance characteris... | Cells; Capacity; Froth | 1984 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Flotation chemistry of nonsulfide minerals | The dimensions of nonsulfide flotation technology extend in many different directions, as might be expected from the diversity of t he mineral classes, which include soluble salt minerals (potash, borax, and trona), semi-soluble salt minerals (phosphate minerals, fluorite, calcite, and barite), ins... | Nonsulfide minerals; Hydrophobic surface state; Oleate adsorption | 2002 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Particle size segregation on a belt conveyor | Particle size segregation is a common phenomenon in many particulate processes and has many undesirable effects. The size segregation which occurs on a belt conveyor causes a serious problem for on-line particle size measurement using image-based techniques. Whether particle size distributions mea... | Particles; Size; Belt conveyors; Modelling | 1997 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Solvent extraction reagents for gold recovery from alkaline cyanide solutions | Three different solvent extraction systems for the recovery of gold from alkaline cyanide solutions are reviewed. These include the modified amine extractants in which the basicity of simple alkyl amines, with respect to the aurocyanide anion, is controlled by the addition of alkyl phosphorous ester... | Solvents; Extraction; Gold; Alkaline cyanide; Amine extractants; Solvating extractants; Substituted guanidines | 1993 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Lin, Chen-Luh | Flotation recovery of high-purity gibbsite concentrates from a Brazilian bauxite ore | Recently research efforts have been made to obtain a high-purity gibbsite concentrate, suitable for first-class alumina refractories, from a Brazilian bauxite ore containing gibbsite (50%), quartz (35%),and kaolinite (15%). Detailed polished-section microprobe analysis was used to describe the ... | Gibbsite; Alumina | 1990 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Screening and classification | The processing of minerals almost invariably involves the reduction in size of the minerals contained in an ore to effect liberation of disseminated values or, in other instances, to effect increased surface area. Separation of solids according to size usually is undertaken to promote maximum produc... | Mesh; Mechanical; Separation | 1973 |
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Miller, Jan D. | New developments in mixing, flocculation and flotation for industrial wastewater pretreatment and municipal wastewater treatment | Solid/liquid separations are commonly the first step in any wastewater treatment. Such technologies are mature and new developments are rare. However, in the last decade some significant improvements in separation techniques for industrial waste water pretreatment have been implemented. Advances in ... | Wastewater treatment; Flocculation; Flotation; Industrial wastewater pretreatment; Sludge thickening; Mixing | 2005 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Selective flotation of iron oxide | The response of pure goethite and two natural iron ores to flotation with potassium octyl hydroxamate is presented. The ores contained 12.5% and 39.7% iron; concentrates containing 69.5% and 61.5% iron, respectively, were obtained with additions of 0.4 lb/ton hydroxamate. | Goethite; Iron; Flotation; Iron Oxide | 1967 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Significance of graphitic structural features in gold adsorption by carbon | The nature of surface sites for the adsorption of gold from alkaline cyanide solutions has been investigated using samples of synthetic, highly-oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG). This HOPG material offers an idealized graphite structure enabling the independent study of the graphitic basal-plane ... | Graphite carbons; Gold; Adsorption | 1992 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Evaluation of plantwide control strategies for coal preparation plants | The quality of cleaned products from coal preparation plants is often variable due to natural fluctuations in the washability characteristics of the plant feed. To combat this problem, many modern plants have installed on-line analyzers that provide feedback for the real-time control of product q... | Circuit; Yield; Optimization | 2000 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Molybdenite flotation from copper/molybdenum concentrates by ozone conditioning | Typically, rougher molybdenite flotation and recovery from bulk copper/molybdenum concentrates involves the use of alkalisulfides, Nokes reagents, cyanides, oxidants, and/or thermal treatment to depress copper sulfide minerals. The bulk copper/molybdenum feed generally varies from 0.2% Mo to 1.0% M... | Molybdenum; Copper; Flotation; Ozone conditioning | 1990 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Concentration | The most startling development in concentration processes this past year would have to be the results obtained after magnetic treatment of aqueous systems. Beneficial effects were reported in both flotation and thickening on an industrial scale following the application of a magnetic field to ... | Concentration; Aqueous systems; Pulp; Magnetic treatment | 1969 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Evaluation of a PC image-based on-line coarse particle size analyzer | A PC image-based, on-line coarse particle size analysis system is being developed for the control of crushing and grinding circuits. Initial results had indicated that the system is accurate when tested with irregularly shaped particles which are stationary and do not overlap with each other. Now th... | Sampling; Measurements; Analysis | 1993 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Cone beam X-ray microtomography - a new facility for three-dimensional analysis of multiphase materials | As the techniques and resolution for three-dimensional spatial analysis have advanced in the last decade, it is now possible to map in detail the micro structure of multiphase materials in three-dimensional digital space. In this regard, three-dimensional X-ray microtomography offers a unique imagin... | Cone beam X-ray microtomography; Three-dimensional analysis; Material characterization | 2002 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Search for adsorbed gold cyanide on carbon surfaces | The mechanism of adsorption of gold from alkaline cyanide solutions by carbon has been the subject of much research over the past decade. In this paper, the nature of the gold cyanide adsorption phenomenon is investigated, particularly with respect to carbon substrates and associated surface adsorpt... | Gold cyanide; spectrometers; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy | 1991 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Bismuth dissolution from smelter flue dust residues | Effective bismuth removal from flue dust residues has been accomplished for flue dusts from both zinc and copper smelters. Selective dissolution of bismuth, with respect to silver and lead, can be achieved by the proper manipulation of temperature, sulfuric acid addition and sodium chloride addition... | Technique; Distribution; Chloride | 1976 |