释义 |
table flotation [`tā·bǝl flō´tā·shǝn] MINING ENGINEERING A flotation process in which a slurry of ore is fed to a shaking table where flotable particles become glomerules, held together by minute air bubbles and edge adhesion; the glomerules roll across the table and are discharged nearly opposite the feed end; the process is helped by jets of low-pressure air. |