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| Parm | Unit | Physical meaning |
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| /h | Liquid volume flow rate of the slurry feed |
| /h | Liquid volume flow rate of the concentrate |
| /h | Liquid volume flow rate of the tailings |
| /h | Liquid volume flow rate of the entrainment from pulp to froth volume |
| /h | Liquid volume flow rate of the drainage from froth to pulp volume |
| /h | Air flow rate of the aeration |
| /h | Air flow rate that leaves the pulp volume into the froth volume |
| /h | Air flow rate that leaves the froth volume into the concentrate launder |
| /h | Air flow rate that leaves the pulp volume into the tailings |
| /h | Volume of the flotation cell |
| /h | Volume of the froth layer in the flotation cell |
| /h | Volume of liquid phase in the froth layer |
| /h | Volume of air phase in the froth layer |
| /h | Volume of the pulp layer in the flotation cell |
| /h | Volume of liquid phase in the pulp layer |
| /h | Volume of air phase in the pulp layer |
| t/ | Concentration of species in the liquid volume of the feed slurry |
| t/ | Concentration of species in the liquid volume of the froth layer |
| t/ | Concentration of species in the liquid volume of the pulp layer |
| - | Number of particles of size and mineralogical species per unit volume in the feed |
| - | Number of particles of size and mineralogical species per unit volume of liquid phase in the froth layer |
| - | Number of particles of size and mineralogical species per unit volume of air phase in the froth layer |
| - | Number of particles of size and mineralogical species per unit volume of liquid phase in the pulp layer |
| - | Number of particles of size and mineralogical species per unit volume of air phase in the pulp layer |
| - | Rate constant of particles of size and mineralogical species attach from the pulp to the bubble in the pulp volume |
| - | Rate constant of particles of size and mineralogical species detach from the bubble to the pulp in the pulp volume |
| - | Rate constant of particles of size and mineralogical species attach from the pulp to the bubble in the froth volume |
| - | Rate constant of particles of size and mineralogical species attach from the bubble to the pulp in the froth volume |
| - | Rate constant of the attachment and detachment for species in the froth |
| - | Rate constant of the attachment and detachment for species in the pulp |
| - | Rate constant of draining |
| | Cross-sectional area of the flotation cell |
| m | Pulp level |
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