Mineral separation using sized-, weight- or magnetic-based polymer bubbles or beads
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Nov 28, 2017
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May 25, 2012
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May 25, 2011
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Abstract
Apparatus for use in, or forming part of, a separation process to be implemented in separation processor technology, the apparatus comprising synthetic bubbles or beads configured with a polymer or polymer-based material functionalized to attach to a valuable material in a mixture so as to form an enriched synthetic bubbles or beads having the valuable material attached thereto, and also configured to be separated from the mixture based at least partly on a difference in a physical property between the enriched synthetic bubbles or beads having the valuable material attached thereto and the mixture.
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International Classification(s)
- B03C:MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATE....
- C22B:PRODUCTION OR REFINING OF METALS
- B03D:FLOTATION; DIFFERENTIAL SEDIMENTATION
- B04C:APPARATUS USING FREE VORTEX FLOW, e.g. CYCLONES
- B03B:SEPARATING SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING ....
- B07B:SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS BY SIEVING, SCREENIN....
- C02F:TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE....
- B01D:SEPARATION
- 2012 Application Filing Year
- B03C Class
- 188 Applications Filed
- 162 Patents Issued To-Date
- 86.18 % Issued To-Date
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- B03C Class
- 22.34 % this patent is cited more than
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