Selective Flotation of Cassiterite from Calcite with Salicylhydroxamic Acid Collector and Carboxymethyl Cellulose Depressant
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials and Reagents
2.2. Flotation Tests
2.3. Zeta Potential Measurements
2.4. FTIR Spectroscopy Measurements
2.5. XPS Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Single Mineral Flotation Experiments
3.2. Mixed Binary Mineral Flotation Experiments
3.3. Zeta Potential Measurements
3.4. Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy Analysis
3.5. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) Analysis
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Reagent Schedule | Salicylhydroxamic Acid | Benzohydroxamic Acid | ||
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Without CMC | With CMC | Without CMC | with CMC | |
Selectivity index (SI) | 5.19 | 4.68 | - | 2.79 [34] |
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Tian, M.; Gao, Z.; Ji, B.; Fan, R.; Liu, R.; Chen, P.; Sun, W.; Hu, Y. Selective Flotation of Cassiterite from Calcite with Salicylhydroxamic Acid Collector and Carboxymethyl Cellulose Depressant. Minerals 2018, 8, 316. https://doi.org/10.3390/min8080316
Tian M, Gao Z, Ji B, Fan R, Liu R, Chen P, Sun W, Hu Y. Selective Flotation of Cassiterite from Calcite with Salicylhydroxamic Acid Collector and Carboxymethyl Cellulose Depressant. Minerals. 2018; 8(8):316. https://doi.org/10.3390/min8080316
Chicago/Turabian StyleTian, Mengjie, Zhiyong Gao, Bin Ji, Ruiying Fan, Runqing Liu, Pan Chen, Wei Sun, and Yuehua Hu. 2018. "Selective Flotation of Cassiterite from Calcite with Salicylhydroxamic Acid Collector and Carboxymethyl Cellulose Depressant" Minerals 8, no. 8: 316. https://doi.org/10.3390/min8080316