page_title: Flotation
hierarchical_section_title: Flotation
caption_attribution_description: English: Copper-sulphide foam on a Jameson Cell, Prominent Hill, South Australia Deutsch: Kupfersulphid-geladene Luftblasen schwimmen auf einer Jameson Zelle auf, Prominent Hill, South Australia
context_page_description: Flotation is a process where gas bubbles are injected at the bottom of a tank containing a mixture of a liquid and solid particles to separate the solid particles from the liquid. When the gas bubbles move along the liquid mixture, the solids particles stick to the surface of the bubbles. The bubbles form a foam at the surface of the liquid: this foam contains the solid particles, so after the flotation process the solids can be removed just cleaning the liquid from this foam.
context_section_description: Flotation is a process where gas bubbles are injected at the bottom of a tank containing a mixture of a liquid and solid particles to separate the solid particles from the liquid. When the gas bubbles move along the liquid mixture, the solids particles stick to the surface of the bubbles. The bubbles form a foam at the surface of the liquid: this foam contains the solid particles, so after the flotation process the solids can be removed just cleaning the liquid from this foam.
caption: Foam rich of solids produced during a flotation process.
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