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Miller, Jan D.; Lin, Chen-Luh | 3D analysis of particulates in mineral processing systems by cone beam X-ray microtomography | In general, x-ray computed tomographic (CT) techniques are able to provide 3D images of the internal structure of opaque materials in a nondestructive manner. The unique cone beam geometry allows acquisition of all 2D projections with only one rotation of the sample thus providing for fast data acqu... | X-ray microtomography; Liberation; Heap leaching; Exposure analysis; Coal washability | 2003 |
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Miller, Jan D. | A new cone beam X-ray microtomography facility for 3D analysis of multiphase materials | Three-dimensional x-ray microtomography offers a unique imaging capability. Spatial resolution on the order of ten microns can be achieved with the use of microfocus x-ray generators. Recently, a state-of-the-art, flexible cone beam x-ray microtomography system has been installed at the University o... | 2001-01-01 | |
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Miller, Jan D. | Adsorption mechanisms in nonmetallic activation systems | Adsorption of lead and ferric iron on quurtz and alumina is presented as a function of pH. Only the hydrolyzed species of these metal ions, FeOHt+ and PbOH', adsorb significantly on each of these minerals. Zeta potentials of quartz were measured as a function of pH in the presence of various additio... | Ferric iron; Quartz; Lead; Alumina; Adsorption; pH (Chemistry) | 1970 |
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Rajamani, Raj | Advances in discrete element method application to grinding mills | Discrete element method (DEM) has made significant impact in the design and operation of grinding mills. The internal charge motion of grinding balls and ore can be readily examined. As a result, this method enables one to design and examine mill internals via simulation. This manuscript details es... | 2014-01-01 | |
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Miller, Jan D. | Agglomeration and magnetic deinking for office paper | Magnet deinking of office paper (OP) is a promising technology for the production of high quality secondary fiber. The technique is possible because a significant portion of the toner in OP furnish has a magnetic character. Toner magnetic susceptibility can vary from weakly paramagnetic to ferroma... | Wastepaper; Magnetic deinking; Toner; Magnetic susceptibility | 2000 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Niewiadomski, Marcin M.; Hupka, Jan; Nalaskowski, Jakub | Air bubble and oil droplet interactions in centrifugal fields during air-sparged hydrocyclone flotation | The interactions of air bubbles and oil droplets in centrifugal flotation have been considered with respect to process conditions present during Air-sparged Hydrocyclone (ASH) flotation. Encounter efficiency of oil droplets with air bubbles has been found to be significantly smaller when compared t... | Centrifugal flotation; Froth flotation; Oil flotation; Dispersed oil; Air-sparged hydrocyclone; ASH | 2007 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Air sparged hydrocyclone for fine coal flotation | The cleaning of fine coal to achieve compliance specifications generally is a challenging problem for coal preparation engineers. Gravity separation techniques are limited with regard to capacity/ efficiency considerations, and the most promising process alternative seems to be flotation, the u... | Microbubble; Compliance; Bituminous | 1988 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Air-sparged hydrocyclone (ASH) technology for cyanide recovery | An air-sparged hydrocyclone (ASH) mobile system was evaluated for continuous stripping and recovery of cyanide (the AVR process) from process water at a gold plant site. The ASH unit performed exceptionally well as an absorber. HCN was absorbed from the gas phase in a single pass with an efficiency... | Cyanide recovery; Air-sparged hydrocyclone; Gold processing; Process water | 2005 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Analysis of the surface potential developed by non-reactive ionic solids | The sign of the surface potential for complex non-reactive ionic solids cannot be predicted solely from consideration of the hydration energy of gaseous ions which constitute the ionic lattice. Accurate analysis of these systems must involve the hydration energy of surface ions, which requires knowl... | Lattice; dipole; Madelung Constants | 1976 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Anisotropic character of talc surfaces as revealed by streaming potential measurements, atomic force microscopy, and molecular dynamics simulations | A study of the interfacial properties of the basal plane and the edge surfaces of talc is described in this paper. The isoelectric-point measured at the two different crystallographic planes by the streaming potential method was found to be similar and exists at about pH 3.0. In the case of the edg... | Streaming potential; Scanning electron microscope; Atomic force microscope | 2006 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Anisotropic character of talc surfaces as revealed by streaming potential measurements, atomic force microscopy, molecular dynamics simulations and contact angle measurements | A study of the interfacial properties of the basal plane and the edge surfaces of talc is described in this paper. The isoelectric points measured at two different crystallographic surfaces by the streaming potential method were found to be similar and exist at about pH 3.0. In the case of the edge... | Talc; Interfacial properties; Hydration; Atomic force microscopy; Molecular dynamics simulations; Edge surface; Basal plane | 2007 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Applications of X-ray computed tomography in particulate systems | X-ray computed tomography (CT) is an ideal technique for investigating the internal structure of multiphase materials in a noninvasive and nondestructive manner. CT technology used in conjunction with specialized algorithms and advanced computer facilities can be used to provide quantitative informa... | Algorithms; Beam; Intensity | 1992 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Arsenic removal from contaminated waters | Arsenic is a contaminant at 781 of 1,430 sites identified on the National Priorities List and in mining and mineral processing wastewaters, smelter wastes, and sites for manufacture of semiconductors, petroleum products, wood preservatives, animal feed additives, and herbicides. Arsenic affects abo... | Arsenic; Arsenate; Arsenite; Microbial; Activated carbon; Magnetic activated carbon; Biomac | 2005 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Atomic force microscopy investigation of interaction forces between polyethylene and asphaltene surfaces | Many petroleum-derived asphalts used for road construction exhibit poor rheological properties. These properties of asphalt can be improved by addition of various polymer fillers to the asphalt blend. Recycled polyolefines, especially polyethylene and polypropylene have been used as the asphalt mo... | Asphalt; Rheology; Polyolefins | 2006 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Axial flow reversal and its significance in air-sparged hydrocyclone (ASH) flotation | In recent years the potential of air-sparged hydrocyclone (ASH) flotation for fine coal cleaning has been demonstrated both in pilot plant testing and in a plant-site demonstration program. Further improvements in the ASH technology will depend, to some extent, on improved understanding of the co... | Flotation; zero axial velocity; computational fluid dynamics | 1995 |
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Miller, Jan D. | The behavior of arsenic trioxide in non-ferrous extractive metallurgical processing | Study of the acid bake-leach process has shown potential advantages for the treatment of enargite (Cu3AsS4) concentrates. Among the most important advantages of the process is the transformation of enargite to water-soluble copper sulfate and highly soluble arsenic trioxide (arsenolite). Because ars... | 2014-01-01 | |
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Miller, Jan D. | Bench scale flotation of alunite ore with oleic acid | Alunite [KA13(SO4)2(OH)6] is a promising non-bauxitic aluminum resource, the domestic reserves of which are estimated to be 800 x 106 tons at 35 percent alunite. The major gangue mineral associated with alunite is quartz. The thermochemical process that has been developed for treatment of this ore... | Mesh; Separation; Liberation | 1980 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Bench scale flotation of sedimentary phosphate rock with hydroxamic acid collectors | It has been discovered that water insoluble alcoholic solutions of alkyl hydroxamic acids serve as selective collectors for the flotation of phosphate mineral resources. The effectiveness of the new collector chemistry has been demonstrated by the results from single stage bench scale flotation exp... | Flotation; Insoluble collectors; Hydroxamic acid; Alcohol; Phosphate rock; High solids conditioning; Particle size | 2002 |
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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 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Bubble generation in swirl flow during air-sparged hydrocyclone flotation | Air-sparged hydrocyclone (ASH) flotation is a new, promising technology, and, since its conception, numerous applications have been successfully tested. Nevertheless, research and development efforts have continued to improve the technology with respect to operating conditions and design considerati... | Air-sparged hydrocyclone flotation; Bubble size; Process variables | 1996 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Lin, Chen-Luh | Capillary network model for filter cake based on pore structure analysis | Dewatering of fine coal by continuous filtration involves filter cake formation and removal of surface moisture by drawing air through the capillaries of the cake. In order to gain a better (understanding of the complex transport phenomena that occur in the filter cake, analysis of the effect of t... | Pore geometry; Transport properties; Microtomography | 1996 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Characterization of interfacial water at hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces by in situ FTIR/internal reflection spectroscopy | In-situ FTIR/internal reflection spectroscopy (FTIR/IRS) has been used to spectroscopically characterize interfacial water near hydrophilic (silicon single crystal) and hydrophobic (polymer-coated germanium single crystal) surfaces. Interfacial water was examined spectroscopically over certain dista... | Interfacial water; hydrophilic surfaces; Hydrophobic surfaces; Internal reflection spectroscopy; Silicon crystals; Germanium crystals | 1995 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Fang, Zhigang Zak; Lin, Chen-Luh | Characterization of powder injection molded components using X-ray CT | A good understanding of the microstructure of powder injection molded (PIM) components during debinding and sintering is essential in designing and optimizing PIM processes and properties. So far we have been limited in our ability to "see" what is going on. Microstructural characterization has cla... | Powder injection molding | 2003 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Characterization of spherical alumina particles obtained by melting in a hydrogen-oxygen flame | Spherical oxide particles can be used as mineral fillers, paint pigments, polishing materials and catalysts. They can be prepared using various techniques involving precipitation and spray drying. Melting of particles in a high-temperature flame is a simple technique which produces particles with ... | Alumina; Oxides; Hydrogen-oxygen flame | 2003 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Chemical utilization of sequestered carbon dioxide as a booster of hydrogen economy | For many, hydrogen in a pure hydrogen economy would be like natural gas in today's energy economy. Unfortunately, hydrogen's physical properties are unsuited to the energy market's requirements in terms of packaging, storage, transfer, and delivery. In this paper, a hybrid energy economy that packag... | 2008-01-01 | |
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Miller, Jan D. | Chrysocolla flotation by the formation of insoluble surface chelates | Pure chrysocolla is floated with chelating agents that form insoluble complexes with copper at ambient temperature. Complete flotation is obtained with potassium octyl hydroxamate as collector at pH 6. Flotation response is enhanced with increased temperature when low additions of h ydroxamate are ... | Chrysocolla; Copper chelating compounds; Flotation systems | 1965 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Comparison of process alternatives for gold recovery from cyanide leach solutions | Both conventional and nonconventional process alternatives for gold recovery from cyanide heap leach solutions are discussed in terms of possible flowsheets. Conventional process alternatives include carbon adsorption and zinc dust precipitation, while nonconventional process alternatives include re... | Conventional; Exchange; Flowsheet | 1984 |
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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. | 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. | Conformation of chemisorbed oleate at a calcite surface | The surface chemistry of the calcite/oleate flotation system was examined by in situ FT-NIR/IRS. Spectra of combination and overtone bands of aliphatic stretching vibrations revealed gauche/trans conformational changes that occurred solely as a function of temperature. The conformational changes wer... | Chemisorption; Oleate; Calcite; Gauche/trans conformation; Rotational isomerism | 2001 |
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Dong, Jiawei | Consolidation and permeability of flocculated kaolinite sediment | Vast oil sand resources are located in the province of Alberta, Canada, where water-based oil sands extraction operations are found including extraction and separation of the bitumen from the clay, sand, and water. The production of each barrel of synthetic crude oil (SCO) requires 2 m3 of processe... | Consolidation; Flocculation; Kaolinite; Permeability | 2017 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Critical review of wetting and adhesion phenomena in the preparation of polymer-mineral composites | The wetting behavior of liquid polymers at solid surfaces and the adhesion forces involved at polymer-filler interfaces should always be considered in the preparation of high-quality polymer composites, including those made with mineral fillers. Spontaneous polymer spreading over the filler surface... | Polymer-minerals; Composites; Wetting; Adhesion | 1995 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Determination of Madelung constants for infinite and semi-infinite lattices by direct summation | Lattice sums for the electrostatic interactions in ionic crystals, first evaluated by Madelung, are now known to high degrees of accuracy. The problem of conditional convergence has been solved either by manipulations of a mathematical model of the lattice, or by directly summing over neutral group... | Lattices; Madelung constants | 1976 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Development and application of centrifugal flotation systems in wastewater treatment | Flotation as a wastewater treatment technique is designed to remove all particles generally encountered as very fine emulsions, suspended solids, and colloids from wastewater. Historically, Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) has been used to achieve this removal. More recently, other flotation techniques... | Wastewater treatment; Centrifugal flotation; Liquid cyclone mixing; Hybrid centrifugal dissolved-air flotation; ASH; BAF; GEM; FF | 2007 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Herbst, John A.; Lin, Chen-Luh | Development of a multicomponent-multisize liberation model | This paper is concerned with the development of a kinetic model for mineral liberation by grinding. Existing population balance size reduction models are extended to include two minerals with an arbitrary number of locked particle fractions. The validity of this approach to liberation modelling is d... | Population balance; size reduction; liberation; grinding model | 1985 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Lin, Chen-Luh | Development of a PC, image-based, on-line particle size analyzer | A PC, image-based, on-line instrument for measuring coarse particle size on a conveyor belt is under development. The hardware and software required to implement such a system are discussed, including the interface for the special image-acquisition hardware. The system concept is given with exampl... | 1993 | |
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Miller, Jan D. | Development of the air-sparged hydrocyclone - a swirl-flow flotation column | From laboratory research activities during the past five years, it is now evident that effective flotation separations can be achieved with the high-capacity air-sparged hydrocyclone. | Air-sparged hydrocyclone; Froth core | 1988 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Dimethyl ether - a new synthetic fuel commodity and chemical building block | Dimethyl ether (DME) is recognized as a potential next-generation, environmentally benign commodity for energy storage and distribution, as well as a momentous chemical building block. DME can be produced at a competitive price from synthesis gas conveniently generated from a variety of carbon-cont... | Dimethyl ether; DME; Energy carrier; Energy commodity; Diesel fuel | 2005 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Direct three-dimensional liberation analysis by cone beam x-ray microtomography | Liberation of valuable minerals during size reduction is an important aspect of mineral processing technology. In practice, most quantitative information on liberation is based on the application of stereological theorems for the analysis of image data from two-dimensional polished sections. On th... | Mineral processing; Cone beam x-ray; Microtomography | 1997 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Dispersed oil impact on froth stability in flotation | Foam stability in flotation has been studied for more than half of the last century, however, the mechanisms responsible for the defoaming action of many presently used reagents are not completely understood. This research presents oil flotation data, which may be used in the evaluation of aqueous ... | Particles; Defoaming; Surfactants | 2001 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Deo, Milind; Lin, Chen-Luh | Distribution of multiphase fluids in porous media: comparison between lattice Boltzmann modeling and micro-x-ray tomography | A parallel implementation of the three-dimensional Shan-and-Chen multicomponent, multiphase lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) was used to simulate the equilibrium distributions of two immiscible fluids in porous media. The simulations were successfully validated against cone-beam x-ray microtomographi... | Multiphase fluid flow; Porous media; X-ray microtomography | 2008-02 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Effect of feed source in the hot water processing of Utah tar sand | The processing strategy for the effective separation of bitumen from low grade (K.10 weight percent bitumen) Utah tar sands by a hot water process differs significantly from that used for the processing of high grade (> 10 weight percent bitumen) Utah tar sands. Excellent separations (coefficient o... | Tar sand; Utah; Bitumen; Hot water separation; Froth flotation | 1980 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Effect of ink types and printing processes on flotation deinking | Examination of ink types reveals that newsprint oil-based offset-cold and offset-heat inks contain substantial oil (45 to 60%) and resin (5 to 35%), water-based ink contains water (40%) and resin (polystyrene, 30%). These inks are liquids with densities around 1 g/cm3, having various viscosities... | Toners; Inks; Photocopying; Laser printing; Flotation; Deinking; Recycling; Office waste; Hyrdophobicity | 1997 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Effect of pH on pulping and flotation of mixed office wastepaper | The effect of pulping reagents on the deinking flotation of laser-printed wastepaper was investigated with regard to the removal efficiency of toner and mineral filler particles at different pH values. These results show that caustic pulping causes the toner to be released from the fibres as larger... | Wastepaper; Deinking; pH values; Pulp production processes | 1999 |
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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. | Electrochemistry in silver catalysed ferric sulfate leaching of chalcopyrite | Previous investigations have demonstrated the catalytic effect of silver additions in the ferric sulfate leaching of chalcopyrite. CuFeS2 + 4Fe+3 > Cu++ + 5Fe++ + 2S° The enhanced rate of leaching was found to be due to the formation of an intermediate Ag2S film which forms on the CuFeS2 surf... | Reaction; Sulfur; Elemental | 1981 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Wan, Rong Yu | Enhanced ferric sulphate leaching of copper from CuFeS2 and C particulate aggregates | Significantly faster leaching kinetics for ferric sulphate are achieved for particulate aggregates of CuFeS2 and C than for CuFeS2 itself. The effect of carbon particles upon the rate of dissolution of chalcopyrite has been increased by a factor of 4 (after 10 hours' leaching), depending upon the ... | Reaction; Chalcopyrite; Electrochemical | 1984 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Equilibrium and kinetics of copper extraction from ammoniacal solutions by hydroxoximes with particular emphasis on transport phenomena | The chemistry of copper extraction from ammoniacal solutions by hydroxyoxime extractants was studied. Equilibrium measurements were made by shakeout experiments with subsequent analyasis of the aqueous and/or organic phases. The kinetic experiments were carried out in a single drop reaction cell in ... | Reactant; Concentration; Dispersed | 1981 |
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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. | Evaluation of a CT-based coal washability analysis system under simulated on-line conditions | The appropriate software and hardware necessary to adapt an X-ray CTanalyzerfor the determination of coal washability was developed and successfully tested for well-characterized samples under laboratory conditions. Evaluation of the CT-based analyzer under simulated on-line conditions is also prese... | Coal washability; Computer simulation; X-ray CT analysis | 2002 |
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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. | 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. | Evaluation of stucco binder for agglomeration in the heap leaching of copper ore | It is known that the presence of excess fines in heap leaching operations may cause low recovery due to reduced heap permeability and/or channeling of lixiviant flow. These problems are mitigated to some extent by agglomeration pretreatment prior to heap leaching. Sulfuric acid leach solution is the... | 2011-01-01 | |
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Chandran, Ravi | Evolution of microstructure and phases in in-situ processed Ti-TiB composites containing high volume fractions of TiB whiskers | A series of titanium composites, with varying volume fractions of titanium monoboride (TiB) whiskers, were made by mixing various proportions of titanium (Ti) and titanium diboride (TiB2) powders followed by hot pressing. The phases present were identified by x-ray diffraction. | Morphology; diffraction; relative intensity | 1999 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Experimental evaluation of a mineral exposure model for crushed copper ores | Copper mineral inclusions dispersed in crushed ore particles have a certain size distribution (grain-size distribution). For efficient heap leaching processes, the crushing plant should be designed and operated to crush the ore to an appropriate particle-size distribution so that copper mineral grai... | Grains; Particles; Distribution | 2006 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Herbst, John A. | Factors affecting droplet size distributions produced in dispersed phase mixers | Droplet size distributions were determined by stabilizing in gelatin and measurement of the distributions by means of computerized image analysis. Several variables that affect droplet sizes were studied and the resulting size distributions were modeled via a population balance equation. Key paramet... | Gelatin; Phases; Agitating | 1981 |
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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. | 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.; Lin, Chen-Luh | Fine coal washability-liberation analysis by cone-beam X-Ray microtomography | A new method based on cone-beam x-ray microtomography is described for direct determination of the three-dimensional liberation spectrum of multiphase particles 100 microns in size or less. Such a technique may provide the basis for more detailed and accurate washability analysis in fine coal chara... | Spectrum; Sink-float; Density | 1996 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Flotation behavior of chromium and manganese minerals | Flotation behavior of chromite and manganese-bearing minerals has been reviewed. Flotation of these minerals and ores with fatty acids, amines, sulfates, sulfonates and hydroxamates has been presented and is discussed in terms of surface charge and chemical interaction between the mineral surface ... | Concentration; Chromite; Deposits | 1986 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Flotation behavior of digested Asphalt Ridge tar sand | The hot water process for Utah tar sands differs significantly from that used for Canadian tar sands due to inherent differences in respective bitumen viscosities and the nature of bitumen-sand association. These differences have led to the identification of certain design criteria necessary to ac... | Tar sand; Utah; Bitumen; Hot water separation; Froth flotation | 1981 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Nalaskowski, Jakub | Flotation chemistry and technology of nonsulfide minerals | The dimensions of nonsulfide flotation technology extend in many directions, as might be expected from the diversity of the mineral classes, which include soluble salt minerals (potash, borax, and trona), semisoluble salt minerals (phosphate minerals, fluorite, calcite, and barite), and insoluble ox... | Flotation; Insoluble collectors; Salt minerals; Nonsulfide minerals | 2007 |
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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. | 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. | Flotation of boron minerals: discussion | Experimental flotation/bubble attachment results for 21 different alkali halides (Yalamanchili et al., 1993; Yalamanchili and Miller, 1994b) confirmed that the flotation response of soluble salt minerals with weak electrolyte collectors can best be explained by the adsorption of oppositely charged ... | Flotation; Boron minerals; Salts; Adsorption | 1994 |
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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. | Flow phenomena and its impact on air-sparged hydrocyclone flotation of quartz | Fluid flow phenomena and therefore the flotation efficiency of air-sparged hydrocyclone (ASH) flotation are strongly dependent on operating and design variables such as air and slurry flow rates, underflow and overflow opening areas, percent solids of the feed, reagent levels, particle size and ASH... | Quartz; Flotation; Hydrocyclones | 1995 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Fluoride activation in oleate flotation of collophanite | Fluoride activation has been evaluated by Hallimond tube flotation of collophanite in terms of fluoride concentration, conditioning time, pH, and temperature. The results reveal that efficient oleate flotation of collophanite can be achieved by fluoride activation. Experimental results of fluoride... | Fluoride; Oleate; Collophanite; Flotation; Calcium; Chemisorption | 1987 |
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Miller, Jan D.;Yu, Qiang | Fossil resin, a value-added product from western coal | Certain bituminous coals of the western United States are known to contain appreciable quantities of macroscopic fossil resin (resinite). Such resinous coals are found in the states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, etc. The Wasatch Plateau coal field in Utah (Figure 1)... | Resinite; Solvent refining; Wasatch Plateau; Hydrogenation | 1992 |
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Chandran, Ravi | Fracture toughness of two Cr2Hf+Cr intermetallic composites as a function temperature | Fracture toughness as a function of temperature was evaluated for two Cr2Hf+Cr intermetallic composites, each in two different microstructural conditions. The proeutectic microstructures based on Cr-6.5Hf (at%) showed a significant increase in fracture toughness with an increase from room temperatur... | Fracture toughness; Fracture resistance; Intermetallic composites; Proeutectic microstructures; Eutectic microstructures | 1994 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Free and emulsified oil removal by bubble accelerated flotation (BAF) | Operational data from full-scale field applications and pilot tests using the Bubble Accelerated Flotation ( B A R system for the treatment of wastewater are presented. The compact BAF system based on the air-sparged hydrocyclone technology was designed to remove pollutants from industrial waste and... | Bubble accelerated flotation; Air-sparged hydrocyclone; Flocculants; Oil-in-water emulsion | 1999 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Further considerations of magnetic deinking for wastepaper recycling mills | Magnetic de-inking has been shown to be an efficient process for the removal of certain toner particles from mixed office waste (MOW) furnishes. It is possible to achieve a dirt removal of 96% with the WHIMS (wet high intensity magnetic separator) if all toner particles present in the furnish are at... | Magnetic deinking; Paper pulp; Wastepaper; Mixed office waste; (MOW) | 1998 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Gold flotation from Colorado River sand with the air-sparged hydrocyclone | Pilot-scale tests indicate that effective concentration of fine gold from Colorado River sands can be achieved by flotation with the air-sparged hydrocyclone. The fine sands (55% -kOQ mesh and 0 01 opt *) from gravity concentration were processed with a 5-cm air-sparged hydrocyclone (capacity -1.0 t... | Gold; Hydrocyclones; Sand; Flotation | 1986 |
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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. | Hydrometallurgy | The science and technology of hydrometallurgy and chemical processing continues to advance both at the laboratory level and in plant practice. In past decades, hydrometallurgy was rather limited in scope and received relatively little attention, being largely a laboratory curiosity. But curiosity i... | Hydrometallurgy; Chemical processing; Environment; Laboratory practice; Plant practice | 1972 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Hydrophobic character of semisoluble salt minerals with oleate as collector | The effects of temperature, oxygen partial pressure, and solution chemistry can have a significant effect on the hydrophobic character of semisoluble salt minerals with adsorbed oleate. Measurements of bubble-attachment time and contact angle reveal the sensitivity of these hydrophobic surfaces to c... | Flotation; Solution; Oleate | 1984 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Hydrophobicity and elemental composition of laser-printed toner films | Laser-printed toner films on a polymer support were treated with alkaline (NaOH) aqueous solutions at elevated temperature (80-85° C). These toner films were examined with a sessile-drop contact-angle measurement technique in order to establish the hydrophobicity of the toner surface. Also, X-ray p... | Ink; Fibers; Deinking | 1996 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Hydroxamate vs. fatty acid flotation of iron oxide | Data were obtained with hematite with octyl hydroxamate and oleate as collectors to determine the mechanism of collector adsorption and also to establish the roles that conditioning time and temperature assume in this system. The presence of hydroxy complexes of iron are apparently necessary for che... | Iron ore; Iron; Fatty acid; Hydroxy complexes | 1970 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Importance of bitumen viscosity in the hot-water processing of domestic tar sands | The separation efficiency of the hot water digestion-flotation technique used for bitumen recovery from various domestic tar sands was evaluated. Bitumen viscosity was found to be the most important tar sand property in determining the success of the bitumen separation. Bitumen viscosity of the tar ... | Tar sand; Bitumen viscosity; Flotation; Hot-water processing | 1983 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Influence of surfactants on interaction forces between polyethylene surfaces in a hydrocarbon solvent | The polyolefins, mainly polyethylene and polypropylene particles, are used as an active filler material in polymer-polymer blends and are being used for the modification of asphalts to provide for high-load, low-maintenance road construction. The stability of prepared blends depends on the interact... | Surfactants; Asphalt; Polymer; Polyolefins | 2003 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Infrared spectroscopy for in-situ characterization of surface reactions | Infrared spectroscopy has been one of the most useful experimental techniques for the analysis of surface reactions in flotation systems, including surface alteration and surfactant adsorption reactions. With the advent of Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometers, many low-energy throughpu... | Reflection; Flotation; Measurements | 1989 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Interaction forces between ink particles, cellulose fibers and mineral fillers as determined by AFM | Recycling of wastepaper is an important industrial activity for the conservation of our natural resources. Wastepaper is mostly generated from newspaper and office waste (from photocopiers and laser printers) [1]. One important step in wastepaper recycling is the separation of ink from cellulose... | Solution; Wastepaper; Chemistry | 1996 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Nalaskowski, Jakub | Interaction forces between silica surfaces in aqueous solutions of poly(ethylene oxide)s | An understanding of forces responsible for the stability of dispersions of colloidal particles when interacting with each other in aqueous solutions is of great interest academically and industrially. When water-soluble polymers are adsorbed onto colloidal particles, various effects on the stabil... | Water-soluble polymers; Colloidal particles; Interaction forces | 2003 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Interaction forces between toner surfaces | The interaction of toner particles in aqueous solution is of interest with regard to both fundamental and practical aspects of de-inking processes. It has been established for the toner studied that the toner polymeric resin, that is, the block copolymer styrene-methyl methacrylate, more specifical... | Interaction forces; toner surfaces; PMMA | 2000 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Internal reflection spectroscopy for FTIR analysis of carboxylate adsorption by semi-soluble salt minerals | Flotation chemists have long sought to unravel the mechanisms of carboxylate collector adsorption by semi-soluble salt minerals. In particular, the adsorption density of adsorbed carboxylates, adsorption kinetics, speciation (chemisorbed, physisorbed), orientation, and conformation are of interest.... | Carboxylate collector adsorption; Salt minerals; Internal reflection spectroscopy | 1999 |
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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. | Magnetic separation for wastepaper recycle mills | An alternative approach to the conventional washing and flotation techniques for de-inking of mixed office waste (MOW) is magnetic separation. The use of magnetic de-inking has great potential to improve the efficiency of ink removal due to the magnetic content of toners. It is shown experimen... | Deinking; Paper pulp; Wastepaper; Magnetic separation | 1997 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Mercury control in the cyanidation of gold ores | The control of mercury during gold cyanidation is of particular interest to the gold mining industry. Typically, mercury(II) is released as cyano complexes during leaching and follows gold through the solution concentration and purification step (carbon adsorption and electrowinning or zinc cementat... | Gold cyanidation; solvation extraction; selective cementation | 1996 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Metal ion activation in xanthate flotation of quartz | Quartz cannot be floated with potassium amyl xanthate as collector at any pH. Complete flotation is achieved with certain minimal additions of amyl xanthate and Pbtt from pH 5.8 to 8.5 and with amyl xanthate and Znt+ from pH 7.5 to 8.1. The active species of these metal ions responsible for activ... | pH (Chemistry); Xanthate flotation; Metal ions | 1965 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Methodology for detailed liberation analysis in mineral processing technology | A transformation equation can be used to describe the relationship between the one, two and three dimensional information regarding the composition of mineral particles of specified size. Linear or areal grade distributions f(gi) can be transformed to an estimate of the volumetric grade distribution... | Volumetric grade; Grade; Distribution | 1986 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Microscopic observations of bitumen spreading at gas bubble surfaces | Bitumen spreading at gas bubble surfaces was observed through a stereoscopic microscope for Whiterocks oil sand samples submerged in alkaline solutions. This phenomenon was also observed for model systems where air bubbles were placed al the surface of bitumen-coated quartz slide. Finally, the film ... | Hydrophobic minerals; Oil sand; Gas bubbles | 1995 |
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Chandran, Ravi | Microstructure and thermal conductivity of thermal barrier coatings processed by plasma spray and physical vapor deposition techniques | The temperature dependence of the thermal conductivity of multilayer coatings made by a plasma spray technique as well as some coatings made by physical vapor deposition (PVD) was investigated. The multilayer coatings consisted of a varying number of layers of AI2O3 and Zr02 stabilized by 8%Y203. Pl... | Thermal barrier coatings; Multilayer coatings; Plasma spray technique | 1996 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Mineral processing fundamentals | The reported claims in several Russian articles that magnetic fields change the viscosity and other basic properties of water and as a result produce beneficial effects such as increased flotation rate, improved grades and recovery, and increased settling rates appear to be unfounded. This conclusi... | Minerals; Processing; Magnetic fields; Metallurgy; Water | 1971 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Minerals beneficiation in '69 steps up tonnage, engineering, environmental control and automation: size analysis and flotation chemistry highlighted by basic science researchers | The application of computers to the control and study of mineral processing operations such as grinding, classification and notation has created an interest in simulation studies of these operations with mathematical models. Evidence of this interest is confirmed by papers presented at the 1969 Int... | Mineral processing; Computer simulations; Mathematical models | 1970 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Modulated Cr(III) oxidation in KOH solutions at a gold electrode: competition between disproportionation and stepwise electron transfer | The electrochemical oxidation of aqueous Cr(III) was examined using cyclic voltammetry with a polycrystalline Au electrode in KOH solutions of varying pH and Cr(III) concentration. The mechanism and kinetics for the oxidation of Cr(III) is a quasi-reversible diffusion-controlled reaction and is larg... | 2011-01-01 | |
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Miller, Jan D. | Molecular dynamics simulations of metal-cyanide complexes: fundamental considerations in gold hydrometallurgy | This study utilizes molecular dynamics simulations (MDS) in order to evaluate the hydration state and the characteristics of metal-cyanide anions in aqueous solutions. Cyanide complexes of gold, silver, zinc, mercury, and copper were examined. Tetracyano anions of zinc and mercury showed the highest... | 2011-01-01 | |
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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. | Multiphase flow characteristics of gas sparged hydrocyclone flotation deinking | A new high-efficiency technology has been developed for flotation deinking of various wastepaper grades. The GSC gas sparged hydrocyclone is a centrifugal device that operates at consistencies of 1 to 3 percent and uses conventional flotation chemistry. Research and development efforts have continue... | Wastepaper; Deinking; Gas sparged hydrocyclone flotation deinking | 1993 |
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Chandran, Ravi | Near threshold fatigue crack growth behaviour of a high strength steel: the effect of prior austenitic grain size | Near threshold fatigue crack propagation behaviour of a high strength steel under different prior austenitic grain sizes with constant tensile properties was investigated. Attention has been paid to the observation of facture modes at thresh-; old in different grain sizes. The observations indicate ... | High strength steel; Crack growth; Austenitic grain size | 1987 |
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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. | Noncyanide leaching of an auriferous pyrite ore from Ecuador | Gold leaching of an auriferous pyrite ore from the Portovelo deposit in Ecuador indicates that noncyanide leaching systems, such as thiocyanate and thiourea, are not as effective as the traditional cyanide system. For example, whereas approximately 95% of the gold can be leached from the ore with cy... | Gold leaching; Refractory ores; Thiocyanate; Thiourea | 2000 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Nonsulfide flotation technology and plant practice | There are hundreds of nonsulfide mineral flotation plants throughout the United States, and most have a plant design that depends upon the specific ore characteristics and the market specifications for their product. There is no common thread of technology between the design and processing of diffe... | Flotation; Minerals; Processing plants | 2002 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Yost, Garold S.; Veranth, John M. | Novel method to detect unlabeled inorganic nanoparticles and submicron particles in tissue by sedimentation field-flow fractionation | A novel methodology to detect unlabeled inorganic nanoparticles was experimentally demonstrated using a mixture of nano-sized (70 nm) and submicron (250 nm) silicon dioxide particles added to mammalian tissue. The size and concentration of environmentally relevant inorganic particles in a tissue sa... | Sedimentation field-flow fractionation; Transmission electron microscopy; Tissue digestion | 2008 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Lin, Chen-Luh | On-line washability analysis for the control of coarse coal cleaning circuits | In view of the success of recent laboratory studies using X-ray computed tomography (CT) to determine coal washability and with the availability of high-speed CT systems, it now seems possible to design an on-stream washability system for the control of coarse coal-cleaning circuits. Design features... | On-stream washability; CT analyzer; Coal washability | 1995 |
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Rajamani, Raj | Online SAG mill pulse measurement and optimization semi-annual technical progress report | The grinding efficiency of semi autogenous milling or ball milling depends on the tumbling motion of the total charge within the mill. Utilization of this tumbling motion for efficient breakage of particles depends on the conditions inside the mill. However, any kind of monitoring device to measure... | 2006 | |
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Miller, Jan D. | Particle damage and exposure analysis in HPGR crushing of selected copper ores for column leaching | In mining operations, jaw and gyratory crushers are generally used for primary crushing, and cone crushers are used for secondary crushing. During the past decade, however, High-Pressure Grinding Rolls (HPGR) are being considered due to potential processing benefits such as energy savings, improved ... | 2011-01-01 | |
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Miller, Jan D. | Particle interactions in kaolinite suspensions and corresponding aggregate structures | The surface charge densities of the silica face surface and the alumina face surface of kaolinite 13 particles, recently determined from surface force measurements using atomic force microscopy, 14 show a distinct dependence on the pH of the system. The silica face was found to be negatively 15 char... | 2011-01-01 | |
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Miller, Jan D.; Lin, Chen-Luh | Particle size distribution for copper heap leaching operations as established from 3D mineral exposure analysis by X-ray microCT | The particle size distribution (PSD) for copper heap leaching is an important consideration in the design and operation of any copper heap leaching facility. High-resolution 3D X-ray microtomography (XMT) can be used for the direct determination of the percentage of exposed valuable mineral grains i... | Particle size distribution; Leaching; X-ray microtomography | 2003 |
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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.; Lin, Chen-Luh; Yu, Qiang | PC image-based analysis system for particle characterization of deinked pulps | A low cost PC image-based particle analysis system is being developed for particle characterization of deinked pulps at the University of Utah. Initial R&D efforts of such an image analysis system were made for on-line particle characterization in the mineral processing field but now it has been fo... | Deinking; Paper pulp; Wastepaper; Image-based particle analysis | 1993 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Pilot-plant evaluation of a water insoluble hydroxamic acid collector for single stage flotation of Florida phosphate rock | Recent laboratory results have demonstrated that selective flotation of phosphate rock can be achieved in a single stage with improved separation efficiency when compared to the standard double float process. The new reagent chemistry is based on the use of a water insoluble alcoholic solution of ... | Phosphate rock; Flotation; Double float; Separation | 2006 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Hupka, Jan | Potential of air-sparged hydrocyclone flotation in environmental technology | Air-sparged hydrocyclone (ASH) flotation is a high capacity flotation technology originally developed in the Department of Metallurgical Engineering at the University of Utah for processing mineral resources. However, the technology has been found to be useful in industrial waste processing, recycli... | De-inking; Capacity; Recycling | 1992 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Preliminary evaluation of air-sparged hydrocyclone technology for scavenger flotation of Western phosphates | The sedimentary western phosphate deposits of Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming tend to be calcareous and generally carry a significant amount of dolomite along with collophanite. In some cases, such as the Smokey Canyon Mine, Afton, Wyoming, the ore will also contain mudstone, and in this case the ... | Collophanite; hydrosizer; scavenger concentrate | 1993 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Quantitative in-situ analysis of collector adsorption reactions by FTIR internal reflection spectroscopy | Researchers in flotation chemistry have long sought to describe collector adsorption phenomena in greater detail including kinetics, orientation and interactions between adsorbed species. Now a quantitative description can be made in-situ using FTIR internal reflection spectroscopy. Details of the a... | Fourier transform infrared spectrometers | 1989 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Reaction kinetics of bismuth dissolution from lead cake by sulfuric acid leaching | Lead cake, a zinc smelter flue dust residue, consists primarily of lead sulfate. Characteristic properties of lead cake were determined in order to aid the understanding of reaction mechanisms involved in bismuth removal from lead cake by sulfuric acid digestion. Sp gr (specific gravity) measuremen... | Lead cake; Smelter flue; Lead sulphate; Bismuth; Sulfuric acid | 1978 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Removal of dissolved contaminants from mine drainage | Eleven mill tailing samples from locations throughout the Rocky Mountain region were tested for their effectiveness in removal of dissolved contaminants from mine drainage . With the exception of the sample of the Blaine Mill tailing, the average capacity of the tailings tested was 9.8 mg of iron p... | Mine drainage; Mill tailing; Adsorption; Precipitation; Rocky Mountain Region | 1972 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Removal of volatile organic compounds from contaminated water using air-sparged hydrocyclone stripping technology | The air-sparged hydrocyclone (ASH) technology offers the unique opportunity to achieve efficient removal of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from contaminated water at a high specific capacity, more than 100 times that of conventional air stripping technologies. VOC stripping is the first applicati... | Air-sparged hydrocyclone; Air stripping; Contaminated water | 1997 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Wan, Rong Yu | Research and development activities for the recovery of gold from noncyanide solutions | Although most gold production from primary resources is achieved by cyanidation, many research activities have focused on alternative processes using noncyanide lixiviants. Such research has been prompted by environmental concerns and problems associated with the processing of refractory gold ores. ... | Activated carbon adsorption; Cementation; Solvent extraction; Ion exchange; Reduction-precipitation; Halide solutions; Thiourea solutions; Lixiviants | 1993 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Role of the hydrocarbon chain in anionic flotation of calcite | The response of calcite to flotation with saturated fatty acids and alkyl sulfonates of various chain lengths is presented. The amount of collector required for flotation is shown to decrease systematically with increasing carbon content from 8 to 12-carbon atoms per molecule. This systematic flot... | Hydrocarbon chain; Calcite; pH (Chemistry); Carbon | 1967 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Lin, Chen-Luh | Scientific visualization in mineral and material processing | Scientific visualization is an ideal methodology for investigating complex phenomena that are characterized by large amounts of data. Furthermore, it is invaluable in the study of processes that evolve in time. Scientific visualization relies heavily on computer graphics, image processing and video... | Air sparged hydrocyclone flotation; Ball mill grinding; Tomography; Computer graphics | 1993 |
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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. | 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. | Selective flotation of fossil resin from Wasatch Plateau high-volatile bituminous coal | Certain bituminous coals are known to contain appreciable quantities of natural fossil or subfossil resin. Such resinous coals are found in the western US, particularly the Wasatch Plateau coalfield of UT. Some of the seams in this field contain an average of 5% resin. This fossil resin has been r... | Bituminous coal; Wasatch Plateau; Resin | 1989 |
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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. | Selectivity considerations in the amine extraction of gold from alkaline cyanide solutions | It has been discovered that gold can be extracted from alkaline cyanide solution with primary, secondary, and tertiary amines by adding certain Lewis base modifiers, such as organic phosphorus oxides. Under these circumstances, gold can be extracted at about pH 10, commensurate with the pH of cyan... | Gold; Amines; Alkaline cyanide; Extraction | 1984 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Selectivity considerations in the amine extraction of gold from alkaline cyanide solutions | It has been discovered that gold can be extracted from alkaline cyanide solution with primary, secondary, and tertiary amines by adding certain Lewis base modifiers, such as organic phosphorus oxides. Under these circumstances, gold can be extracted at about pH 10, commensurate with the pH of cyani... | Gold; Amines; Alkaline cyanide; Extraction | 1984 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Separation of bitumen from Utah tar sands by a hot water digestion-flotation technique | Tar sand deposits in the state of Utah contain more than 25 billion bbl of in-place bitumen. Although 30 times smaller than the well-known Athabasca tar sands, Utah tar sands do represent a significant domestic energy resource comparable to the national crude oil reserves (31.3 billion bbl). Based ... | Tar sand; Utah; Bitumen; Hot water separation; Froth flotation | 1978 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Wan, Rong Yu | Significance of carbon properties in the enhanced ferric sulfate leaching of CuFeS2/C aggregates | Acid ferric sulfate solution has been used for heap and dump leaching of low-grade chalcopyrite ores and is being considered as a possible lixiviant for the hydrometallurgical processing of copper sulfide concentrates. For many years, researchers have attempted to explain the leaching behavior of ch... | Ferric sulfate; CuFeS2; Particulate carbon | 1984 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Significance of electrokinetic characterization for interpreting interfacial phenomena at planar, macroscopic interfaces | Streaming potential measurements provide valuable information for the validation and interpretation of interfacial phenomena that occur at flat macroscopic surfaces. Planar substrates have been extensively used for the interpretation of events, which occur at particulate surfaces; however, these fla... | Interfacial phenomena; Surface charge | 2005 |
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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. | 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.;Yu, Qiang | Solvent refining of coal resin concentrates | Certain bituminous coals of the western United States are known to contain appreciable quantities of macroscopic resinite (fossil resin). Such resinous coals are found in the states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, etc. Among these, the Wasatch Plateau coal field in ce... | 1994 | |
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Miller, Jan D. | Spectroscopic analysis of passivation reactions for carbonaceous matter from carlin trend ores | Abstract. Three different refractory carbonaceous gold ores from the Carlin operation in northeastern Nevada were investigated to characterize the effect of passivation treatments on the nature of the carbonaceous material. The carbonaceous material was chemically isolated from the ores and pass... | Gold; Chlorine; Cyanidation | 1990 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Structure and composition of commercial copper chelate extractants | The structure, properties, and composition of commercial chelating-type copper extractants are examined. Characterization of these extractants was accomplished using organic separation techniques and analytical tools such as NMR and infrared spectroscopy. Results indicate that only the trans isomer ... | LIX® reagents; stoichiometry; reaction mechanism | 1973 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Study of particle-bubble interaction using atomic force microscopy: current possibilities and challenges | Study of interaction forces between mineral particles and air bubbles is a key to understanding flotation processes. Measurement of such interaction forces has only recently been made possible with the introduction of the atomic force microscope (AFM) and the colloidal probe technique. Using AFM, in... | Particle-bubble interaction; Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM); Hydrophobic force; Contact angle; Hydrodynamic force | 2002 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Surface characterization and new tools for research | In the selective separation of mineral phases by flotation, surface chemistry is the principal determinant of the average contact angle for a specific mineral phase in flotation pulp. The average contact angle is, in turn, the principal determinant of the bubble-particle attachment efficiency in th... | Flotation; Minerals; Surface chemistry; Contact angle | 2007 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Surface chemistry of pulping and flotation for mixed office wastepaper | The effect of pulping reagents on the de-inking flotation of laser printed wastepaper was investigated with regard to the removal efficiency of toner and mineral filler particles at different pH values. These results show that caustic pulping causes the toner to be released from the fibers as larg... | Pulping reagents; Deinking; Toner; Mineral fillers | 1997 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Surface phase transitions of adsorbed collector molecules as revealed by in-situ FT-IR/IRS spectroscopy | It has been shown by inspection of FT-IR/IRS spectra that the alkyl conformation of adsorbed collectors can be determined. The conformations of adsorbed collectors were interpreted in terms of bulk solution phases of the collectors. Such analysis was performed on the CaF2/oleate, A1203/SDS and KC1/... | Oleates; Micellar; In situ analysis; Adsorption | 1993 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Surfactant adsorption density calculation from Fourier transform infrared external reflection spectroscopy (FTIR/ERS) | An equation to calculate surfactant adsorption density from Fourier transform infrared external reflection spectra was established. The derivation and limitation of this equation are discussed in detail. The validation of the FTIR/ERS adsorption density equation was experimentally verified from t... | Surfactant; Adsorption density; Solid film | 2003 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Synthesis of DME from CO₂/H₂ gas mixture | The activity and durability of two hybrid bifunctional dimethyl ether (DME) synthesis catalysts: 6CuO-3ZnO-Al2O3/ƴ-Al2O3 and 6CuO-3ZnO-1Al2O3/HZSM-5, have been evaluated for the conversion of CO2/H2 to DME at 260oC, 5 MPa, and gas per hourly space velocity (GHSV) of 3000 mL gcat -1 h-1 in fixed-bed... | 2011-01-01 | |
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Miller, Jan D. | Tar sand pretreatment with diluent | Important aspects of kerosene penetration into tar sand have been investigated. The natural tar sand porosity was measured and used to analyze the performance of the hot water process. Subsequently, pretreatment experiments, using 20-kg tar sand samples (Asphalt Ridge and Whiterocks, Utah) and ker... | Tar sand; Kerosene; Porosity; Temperature | 1993 |
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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. | Thiocarbonate collectors in pyrite flotation ? fundamentals and applications | Recent results from electrochemical measurements demonstrate that trithiocarbonate (TTC) collectors are more readily oxidized to their corresponding dithiolates than the dithiocarbonate/xanthate (DTC) collectors. Based on the traditional analysis of collector adsorption, trithiocarbonates might then... | Trithiocarbonate; xanthate; nitrogen | 2003 |
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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. | Three dimensional analysis of particulates in mineral processing systems by cone beam X-ray microtomography | In general, X-ray-computed tomographic (CT) techniques are capable of providing three-dimensional images of the internal structure of opaque materials in a nondestructive manner. The unique cone beam geometry allows acquisition of all two-dimensional projections with only one rotation of the sample,... | Cone beam CT; X-ray microtomography; Liberation analysis; Particle shape; Heap leaching; Exposure analysis; Coal washability | 2004 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Toner ink particle morphology in air-sparged hydrocyclone flotation deinking | A series of pulping and flotation deinking tests were performed using a pilot-scale air-sparged hydrocyclone (ASH) flotation cell and a toner ink printed furnish. Microscopy studies indicate ink particles in both the flotation accepts and rejects are relatively flat. Many of the ink particles ap... | Elongation; Cyclone; Particles | 1996 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Treatment of cyanide by using the Mexican modification of the Merrill-Crowe process | Cyanide consumption can be a major factor which contributes to operating cost for cyanidation. Also after extraction and recovery of precious metals substancial amounts of cyanide are delivered to tailings ponds which creates environmental problems due to the toxicity of cyanides. In this regard, th... | Cyanidation; Merrill-Crowe process; Air-sparged hydrocyclone; Cyanide recovery; Cyanide destruction; Chlorine dioxide | 1999 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Trithiocarbonates for PGM flotation | Small replacements of C12-trithiocarbonate (C12-TTC) for dithiocarbonate DTC)/dithiophosphate (DTP) in a reagent suite for the flotation of platinum group metals (PGM) have significantly improved the rejection of gangue. Coupled to this is an improvement in kinetics, grade and recovery of PGMs. In ... | 2006 | |
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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. | Understanding the role of ion interactions in soluble salt flotation | There is anecdotal evidence for the significant effects of salt ions on the flotation separation of minerals using process water of high salt content. Examples include flotation of soluble salt minerals such as potash, trona and borax in brine solutions. Although some of the effects are expected, so... | 2011-01-01 | |
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Miller, Jan D. | Water at interfaces - some recent experimental results from surface spectroscopy | Fundamental aspects of interfacial phenomena in aqueous systems are determined by the properties of interfacial water It has become evident that interfacial water must be characterized spectroscopically in order to explain the recently identified non DLVO forces observed by atomic force microscopy a... | Interfacial water; Surface spectroscopy; Hydrophobic surfaces; Hydrophilic surfaces; Hydrogen bonding; FTIR/IRS; SFG; Spectroelectrochemistry; Non-DLVO forces; Atomic force microscopy | 1996 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Zinc-dust cementation of silver from alkaline cyanide solutions - analysis of plant data | The direct recovery of precious metals from alkaline cyanide solution is frequently accomplished by the well-established Merrill-Crowe process involving zinc-dust cementation. This is particularly true for silver. Plant data from two operations are presented and analyzed in terms of intrinsic reacti... | Zinc-dust; Silver; Alkaline cyanide; Merrill-Crowe | 1988 |
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