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47
Citations
6279
World Ranking
5002
National Ranking
264

Overview

Yongjun Peng is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and has an extensive body of work primarily in the field of Engineering and Environmental Science. Their research focuses on various subfields including Water Science and Technology, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The main topics of their research cover Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques, Metal Extraction and Bioleaching, Extraction and Separation Processes, Mineral Processing and Grinding, Fluid Dynamics and Mixing, Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization, and Iron oxide chemistry and applications.

Yongjun Peng has contributed significantly to academic literature with a strong presence in the journal Minerals Engineering, where 36 of their publications have appeared. Other frequent publication venues include Powder Technology, Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review, Applied Surface Science, and the Journal of Molecular Liquids.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Flotation behaviour in reflux flotation cell - A critical review (2022, Minerals Engineering)
  • The effect of sodium hydrosulfide on molybdenite flotation as a depressant of copper sulfides (2020, Minerals Engineering)
  • A comparison of native starch, oxidized starch and CMC as copper-activated pyrite depressants (2020, Minerals Engineering)
  • The interaction of grinding media and collector in pyrite flotation at alkaline pH (2020, Minerals Engineering)
  • Starch chemical modification for selective flotation of copper sulphide minerals from carbonaceous material: A critical review (2020, Minerals Engineering)

Peng's frequent co-authors include:

  • Xumeng Chen
  • Wonder Chimonyo
  • Liang Cao
  • Yufan Mu
  • Jiarui Chen

Best Publications

  • A review of entrainment: Mechanisms, contributing factors and modelling in flotation

    L. Wang;Y. Peng;K. Runge;D. Bradshaw

  • The depression of pyrite in selective flotation by different reagent systems – A Literature review

    Yufan Mu;Yongjun Peng;Rolf A. Lauten

  • The effect of saline water on mineral flotation - a critical review

    Bo Wang;Yongjun Peng

  • Control of grinding conditions in the flotation of chalcopyrite and its separation from pyrite

    Yongjun Peng;Stephen Grano;Daniel Fornasiero;John Ralston

  • Control of grinding conditions in the flotation of galena and its separation from pyrite

    Yongjun Peng;Stephen Grano;Daniel Fornasiero;John Ralston

  • The behaviour of mineral matter in fine coal flotation using saline water

    Bo Wang;Yongjun Peng

  • A review of copper–arsenic mineral removal from copper concentrates

    Graham Long;Yongjun Peng;Dee J. Bradshaw

  • Diagnosis of the Surface Chemistry Effects on Fine Coal Flotation Using Saline Water

    Bo Wang;Yongjun Peng;Sue Vink

  • The adsorption behavior of surfactants on mineral surfaces in the presence of electrolytes - A critical review

    Ziyong Chang;Xumeng Chen;Yongjun Peng

  • Managing clay minerals in froth flotation—A critical review

    Xumeng Chen;Yongjun Peng

  • Cyanide chemistry and its effect on mineral flotation

    Bao Guo;Yongjun Peng;Rodolfo Espinosa-Gomez

  • Reducing the entrainment of clay minerals in flotation using tap and saline water

    Di Liu;Yongjun Peng

  • Effect of clay minerals on pulp rheology and the flotation of copper and gold minerals

    Ming Zhang;Yongjun Peng

  • The separation of chalcopyrite and chalcocite from pyrite in cleaner flotation after regrinding

    Xumeng Chen;Yongjun Peng;Dee Bradshaw

  • Exploiting the dual functions of polymer depressants in fine particle flotation

    Qi Liu;David Wannas;Yongjun Peng

  • The effect of surface oxidation of copper sulfide minerals on clay slime coating in flotation

    Yongjun Peng;Shengli Zhao

  • Interactions of clay minerals in copper–gold flotation: Part 1 – Rheological properties of clay mineral suspensions in the presence of flotation reagents

    Nestor Cruz;Yongjun Peng;Saeed Farrokhpay;Dee J. Bradshaw

  • Reducing quartz gangue entrainment in sulphide ore flotation by high molecular weight polyethylene oxide

    J. Gong;Y. Peng;A. Bouajila;M. Ourriban

  • The effect of electrochemical potential on the activation of pyrite by copper and lead ions during grinding

    Yongjun Peng;Bo Wang;Andrea Gerson

  • The role of sodium sulfide in the flotation of pyrite depressed in chalcopyrite flotation

    Zhao Cao;Xumeng Chen;Yongjun Peng

  • Effect of iron contamination from grinding media on the flotation of sulphide minerals of different particle size

    Yongjun Peng;Stephen Grano

  • The interaction of clay minerals and saline water in coarse coal flotation

    Bo Wang;Yongjun Peng

  • Understanding different roles of lignosulfonate in dispersing clay minerals in coal flotation using deionised water and saline water

    Di Liu;Yongjun Peng

  • Effect of grinding media on the activation of pyrite flotation

    Yongjun Peng;Stephen Grano

  • Entrainment in froth flotation: The degree of entrainment and its contributing factors

    L. Wang;Y. Peng;K. Runge

  • The interaction between diesel and surfactant Triton X-100 and their adsorption on coal surfaces with different degrees of oxidation

    Ziyong Chang;Xumeng Chen;Yongjun Peng

  • Electrochemistry aspects of pyrite in the presence of potassium amyl xanthate and a lignosulfonate-based biopolymer depressant

    Yufan Mu;Yongjun Peng;Rolf Andreas Lauten

  • The galvanic interaction between chalcopyrite and pyrite in the presence of lignosulfonate-based biopolymers and its effects on flotation performance

    Yufan Mu;Yongjun Peng;Rolf A. Lauten

  • The oxidation of copper sulfide minerals during grinding and their interactions with clay particles

    Shengli Zhao;Yongjun Peng

  • The flotation of slime–fine fractions of Mt. Keith pentlandite ore in de-ionised and saline water

    Y. Peng;Y. Peng;D. Seaman

Frequent Co-Authors

Dee Bradshaw
Dee Bradshaw University of Queensland
John Ralston
John Ralston Adelaide University
Ming Zhang
Ming Zhang China Jiliang University

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