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Effect of column segment diameter ratio on flow field and separation performance of the composite column-cone hydrocyclone
Peikun Liu, Xiangxi Xu, Xinghua Yang, Anjun Li, Bo Chen, Gang Liu, Yunzhu Gao
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2025;61(1):200063
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/200063
 

Comparative analysis on washability indices of anthracite coal by using MCDM methods
Jovica M. Sokolović, Dragiša Stanujkić, Zoran Štirbanović, Ivana Ilić
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2025;61(1):199985
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/199985
 

Study of the dynamics of magnetic particles in rotating magnetic field: A 3D finite element analysis
Jiangang Ku, Xuyan Yu, Qian Wang, Zhaolian Wang, Zhongyun Lei
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2025;61(1):199981
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/199981
 

Application of organic ellagic acid as a selective inhibitor of calcite in scheelite flotation
Yu Wu, Xiaokang Li, Ying Zhang, Zhenhao Guan, Qingrui He
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2025;61(1):199872
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/199872
 

Advancements in lithium-ion battery recycling technologies: Exploring module-scale crushing and air separation techniques
Junhyun Choi, Kyeonghyeon Lee, Hoon Lee, Kwanho Kim
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(6):199782
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/199782
 

The kinetic study of refractory silver ore in acidified potassium chloride - hypochlorite media
Ömer Canıeren, Haldun Kurama, Cengiz Karaguzel
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(6):199374
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/199374
 

Pyrite depression by sodium metabisulfite and dextrin with xanthates: contact angle, floatability, zeta potential and IR spectroscopy studies
Mario Alberto Corona-Arroyo, Karen Dioney López-Frías, Karen Lizeth Solorzano Ramirez, Cristina Echeveste Vargas, Ma Mercedes Salazar-Hernández, Kayim Pineda-Urbina, Bingqiao Yang
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(6):197068
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/197068
 

Evaluation of parametric effects of coal flotation based on boosting modeling method
Yuhua Ji, Liang Wang, Guangdong Ren, Tongjin Xu, Xingwang Li, Xiaoxia Chen, Xiangning Bu, Jie Sha
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(6):196385
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/196385
 

Analysis of bubble parameters in a fluidized flotation column with steel ball particles
Yingxiang Shi, Zhongkuan Wei, Huilin Xu, Fan Wu, Hang Gao, An Ping
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(6):195880
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/195880
 

Depressant-free flotation separation of chalcopyrite and galena by surface oxidation pretreatment: Effect of applying potassium peroxymonosulfate as a novel and efficient oxidant
Hepeng Zhou, Jiangfeng Guo, Guangjie Zhu, Hao Xu, Xuekun Tang, Xianping Luo
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(6):195497
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/195497
 

Improving the flotation of ultrafine pyrite in alkaline solution by a novel polystyrene-based nanoparticle collector
Ziyong Chang, Guoyao Li, Hao Zhang, Zhengchang Shen, Laichang Zou, Zhongmei Sun, Songtao Yang
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(6):195384
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/195384
 

A comparison of dry and wet grinding on gold-bearing sulphide ore flotation
Semih Oluklulu, Volkan Bozkurt, Yasar Ucbas
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(6):195290
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/195290
 

Effect of Na2CO3 and CaCO3 on deep dephosphorization by the direct reduction of high-phosphorus oolitic hematite
Hongda Xu, Rui Li, Jue Kou, Xiaojin Wen, Jun Zhang, Chao Geng, Tichang Sun
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(6):195249
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/195249
 

Hydrophobic regulation enhances the filtration and dehydration for coal preparation products, an experimental exploration
Tianyue Wang, Jun Chen, Huanhuan Shang, Longxiang Bao, Guoqiang Yu, Jun Tian
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(6):194659
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/194659
 

A study on the classification performance of water-injection hydrocyclone
Peikun Liu, Zhongzhi Gao, Xinghua Yang, Duanxu Hou, Lanyue Jiang, Zhihua Jiang, Zhongxi Yan
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(5):194539
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/194539
 

Optimization of key link parameters and mechanism of the jet-stirring synergistic column flotation method
Lingling Wang, Jinbo Zhu, Wei Zhou, Haoyu Wang, Shujie Wang
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(5):193961
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/193961
 

Investigation of the effects of coal properties, environmental conditions, and costs on coal drying method selection using multi-criteria decision-making method (AHP)
İsmail Demir, Deniz Adiguzel, Serkan Tuylu, Safak G. Ozkan
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(5):193741
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/193741
 

Research on the influence of thermal decomposition of magnesium chloride hexahydrate on the preparation of magnesium oxide and hydrated magnesium hydroxide
Mei Jia Wang, Meng Li, Limei Bai, Qu Wang, Yuxin Ma
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(5):193614
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/193614
 

An investigation on pyrite floatability using stable micro-nanobubble-assisted flotation
Hassan Heidari, Asghar Azizi, Ahmad Hassanzadeh
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(5):193611
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/193611
 

Magnetic field simulation and analysis of superconducting magnetic separator with different magnetic matrices
Mingliang Zhou, Lixia Li, Xuebin Su, Zhe Liu, Feifei Liu, Zhitao Yuan, Jiongtian Liu
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(5):193566
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/193566
 

Recovering rare earth elements from svanbergite ores by roasting and phosphoric acid leaching
Keyu Ma, Jie Zhang, Pengpeng Men, Qiufeng Deng, Jun Rao
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(5):193459
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/193459
 

A novel algorithm combined X-ray fluorescence and Neural Network (XRF-NN) for coal ash content prediction: Algorithm design and performance evaluation
Chuanzhen Wang, Jintao Lv, Xinyi Wang, Andile Khumalo, Anghong Hong
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(5):193187
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/193187
 

Effect of sodium hexametaphosphate on the flotation separation of lepidolite and quartz: MD study
Siqi Yang, Xianping Luo, Hepeng Zhou, Xuekun Tang, Zishuai Liu, Jiangfeng Guo, Louyan Shen
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(5):192882
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/192882
 

Optimization of wet-process phosphoric acid for high-quality phosphogypsum
Xuyang Fan, Chenyu Zhou, Tingting Xiao, Haoran Wang, Hanjun Wu, Zhongjun Li, Zhiquan Pan, Hong Zhou
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(5):192938
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/192938
 

Experimental investigation on magnetic gravity combined beneficiation of low-grade iron ore
Fangping Ye, Yaojie Duan, Zhiqiang Guo
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(5):192832
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/192832
 

Effect of activator on foam properties in sulfurous iron ore flotation
Xiangxiang Chen, Zhaoyang Zhang, Wen Qiang, Shiyi Huang, Fangzheng Liu, Lu Qiu, Yunfei Ouyang, Tianhao Liu, Shuzhong Liu
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(5):192825
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/192825
 

The influence of metal ions on the adsorption of octyl hydroxamic acid in the flotation of bastnaesite and the adsorption mechanism
Rongxiang Liu, Zhanfeng Yang, Jie LI, Zhao Cao, Qiang Li
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(5):192809
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/192809
 

Variability of lead-zinc sulfide ore slurry rheological properties and its influence on flotation conditions
Kehua Luo, Chuanyao Sun, Tichang Sun
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(4):192663
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/192663
 

Selective flocculation of ultrafine hematite with sodium polyacrylate
Fusheng Niu, Yuying Chen, Jinxia Zhang, Fei Liu, Ziye Wang
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(4):192465
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/192465
 

Research on separation mechanism of coal gangue photoelectric sorting recognition
Wei Zhou, Haoyu Wang, Lingling Wang, An'an Feng, Liansheng Li, Jinbo Zhu
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(4):192417
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/192417
 

Production of pure tantalum and niobium oxides by hydrometallurgical processing of coltan smelter cake from Tanganyika Province/RD Congo using NH4HF2-KOH flux system.
Bertin Kitungwa Kabuge, Phalaris Yuma Muyungwa, Pierre Mubiayi Kalenga, Michel Shengo Lutandula, Grace N. Ngubeni, Nosipho N. Moloto, Marsi Mbayo Kitambala, Crépin Kyona Wansanga
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(4):192436
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/192436
 

Research hotspot and trend of resource utilization of phosphorus tailings - based on Citespace and VOSviewer visualization
Jiang Dian Jun, Xueping Huang, Lili Liang, Liangzhi Huang
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(4):192132
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/192132
 

The present situation and trend prospect of collector in the experimental study of flotation barite ore
Yuanyuan Tao, jie Liu, Tianjiao Chang, Wencheng Ge
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(4):190877
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/190877
 

Effect of surfactant and PAM on the settlement of kaolinite particles and its mechanism analysis
Jinxia Zhang, Mengfei Zhang, Fusheng Niu, Ziye Wang, Zehong Cheng, Qiuyue Wang
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(4):191720
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/191720
 

Exploring the impact of thiol collectors system on copper sulfide flotation through machine learning-driven modeling
Mustafa Guner, Ozge Akyildiz, Hakan Basarir, Pshem Kowalczuk
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(4):191709
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/191709
 

Numerical investigation of the impact of various parameters on blowing accuracy in the XRT intelligent ore sorting machine blowing process
Jiayu Fan, Yuhuan Rao, Sidong Liu, Xinyang Yu
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(4):191375
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/191375
 

Enhancement of ilmenite magnetic properties by oxidation roasting and magnetic separation
Jiantao Gu, Zhitao Yuan, Yusheng Du, Wei Ji Lu, Chuan Yang, Hongyang Lv
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(4):190706
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/190706
 

The inhibition mechanism of esterified starch on flotation separation of fluorite and calcite
Bangqi Wei, Jie Li, Zhao cao, Saisai Ma, Yuhan Zhang
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(4):190698
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/190698
 

The role of microbubble dose in combined microflotation of fine particles
Nickolay Rulyov
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(4):190630
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/190630
 

Study on the separation effects of the novel collector ODD on magnesite and quartz
Gui Gao, Haoran Sun, Yulian Wang, Yishen Sun, Huili Han, Zhigang Yuan
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2024;60(4):190522
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/190522
 

CO2 bubble formation on dolomite surface and its influence on surface wettability and flotation of dolomite
Xianbo Li,