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Callow flotation cell

Callow flotation cell

[′kal·ō flō′tā·shən ‚sel]
(mining engineering)
Nonmechanical apparatus for separation of floatable solid gangue from pulverized ore, with the mixture suspended in liquid and aerated by air bubbles coming up through a porous medium, so that the lighter gangue floats away from the heavier ore.
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