Process Mineralogy Characteristics and Flotation Application of a Refractory Collophanite from Guizhou, China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Ore Samples
2.2. Reagents
2.3. Characterization Methods
2.4. Flotation Tests
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Mineral Composition and Element Occurrence
3.2. Disseminated Types and Liberation Characteristics of Fluorapatite
3.3. Characteristics of Disseminated Particle Size of Main Minerals
3.4. Liberation Degree and Intergrowth Characteristics of Main Gangue Minerals
3.5. Application in Flotation
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Element | P2O5 | CaO | MgO | SiO2 | Al2O3 | Fe2O3 | F | SO3 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Content (wt. %) | 29.40 | 42.05 | 1.47 | 13.37 | 3.73 | 1.18 | 2.90 | 2.16 |
Element | K2O | Na2O | BaO | ZrO2 | SrO | MnO | LOI 1000 | |
Content (wt. %) | 0.95 | 0.25 | 0.23 | 0.03 | 0.15 | 0.05 | 4.46 |
Mineral | Fluorapatite | Quartz | Sericite (Muscovite) | Dolomite | Pyrite | Kaolinite | Limonite | Barite |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Content (wt. %) | 79.76 | 7.17 | 5.18 | 4.02 | 1.53 | 1.04 | 0.48 | 0.29 |
Mineral | Rutile | Goyazite | Calcite | Ankerite | Chlorite | Zircon | Other | |
Content (wt. %) | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.23 |
Grain Size (Mesh) | Yield (wt. %) | Grade (wt. %) | Distribution Rate (wt. %) | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Individual | Accumulation on Sieve | Accumulation under Sieve | P2O5 | MgO | SiO2 | Al2O3 | Fe2O3 | P2O5 | MgO | SiO2 | Al2O3 | Fe2O3 | |
+200 | 36.93 | 36.93 | 100.00 | 33.90 | 0.90 | 8.45 | 1.93 | 0.96 | 42.91 | 22.23 | 23.30 | 19.14 | 22.93 |
200–400 | 21.88 | 58.81 | 63.07 | 30.94 | 1.40 | 11.29 | 2.51 | 1.35 | 23.21 | 20.42 | 18.43 | 14.76 | 19.06 |
−400 | 41.19 | 100.00 | 41.19 | 23.98 | 2.09 | 18.95 | 5.96 | 2.18 | 33.88 | 57.35 | 58.27 | 66.10 | 58.01 |
Total | 100.00 | 29.17 | 1.50 | 13.40 | 3.72 | 1.55 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 |
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Xu, W.; Shi, B.; Tian, Y.; Chen, Y.; Li, S.; Cheng, Q.; Mei, G. Process Mineralogy Characteristics and Flotation Application of a Refractory Collophanite from Guizhou, China. Minerals 2021, 11, 1249. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11111249
Xu W, Shi B, Tian Y, Chen Y, Li S, Cheng Q, Mei G. Process Mineralogy Characteristics and Flotation Application of a Refractory Collophanite from Guizhou, China. Minerals. 2021; 11(11):1249. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11111249
Chicago/Turabian StyleXu, Wei, Bo Shi, Yan Tian, Yue Chen, Songqing Li, Qian Cheng, and Guangjun Mei. 2021. "Process Mineralogy Characteristics and Flotation Application of a Refractory Collophanite from Guizhou, China" Minerals 11, no. 11: 1249. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11111249