Grinding in Ball Mills: Modeling and Process Control
By: Vladimir Monov, Blagoy Sokolov and Stefan Stoenchev
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cait-2012-0012 | Journal eISSN: 1314-4081 | Journal ISSN: 1311-9702 (formerly 1314-4081)
Language: English
Page range: 51 - 68
Published on: Mar 16, 2013
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