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Research Article

Determination of the Important Operating Variables On Cleaning Fine Coal by Knelson Concentrator and Evaluation Of The Performance Through Upgrading Curves

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Pages 666-678 | Received 17 Aug 2017, Accepted 24 Oct 2017, Published online: 11 Dec 2017

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