Impact Of Flotation Hydrodynamics On The Optimization Of. Mar 01, 2019018332The flotation results are highlighted in Table 1, as it can be seen, the best result maximum amount of apatite recovery, selectivity index and flotation rate constant were achieved at V g 2 lmin, v tip 3 ms and solids content 13 vv with SI 6.64, k 0.83, apatite recovery of 88.82 and a P 2 O 5 grade of 33.04.