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	จลนศาสตร์การลอยตัว	เมธอด McCabe-Thiele
สาขาวิชา	วิศวกรรมเหมืองแร่	วิศวกรรมเหมืองแร่
ตระกูล	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
ปีกำเนิด	1935	1925
ผู้ริเริ่ม	Garcia-Zuniga	Warren L. McCabe and Ernest W. Thiele
ประเภท	First-order kinetic model for flotation recovery	Graphical design method for distillation columns
แหล่งต้นตำรับ	Garcia-Zuniga, H. (1935). Uber eine neue Methode, zur Berechnung der Flotationsausbeute. Zeitschrift fur Praktische Geologie, 43(2), 12-19.	McCabe, W. L., & Thiele, E. W. (1925). Graphical design of fractionating columns. Transactions of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 21, 30-60.
ชื่อเรียกอื่น	Batch Flotation Model, Flotation Rate Constants, Kinetic Flotation Analysis	McCabe-Thiele Diagram, Graphical Distillation Method
ที่เกี่ยวข้อง	3	3
สรุป	Flotation kinetics is the study of how recovery of minerals from ore changes over time during flotation. The Garcia-Zuniga model, introduced in 1935, describes recovery as a first-order kinetic process with rate constant k and maximum recoverable fraction R∞. This simple model underpins flotation cell design and process optimization, enabling engineers to predict flotation performance from batch tests and scale results to industrial circuits.	The McCabe-Thiele Method, introduced by Warren L. McCabe and Ernest W. Thiele in 1925, is a graphical technique for designing and analyzing distillation columns. It predicts the number of theoretical plates (stages) needed to achieve a desired separation between light and heavy components. While primarily a chemical engineering tool, it applies to liquid-vapor separation problems in mining operations such as mercury recovery and rare earth element refining.