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Advances on Fine Particles and Bubbles Flotation, 2nd Edition
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Advances on Fine Particles and Bubbles Flotation, 2nd Edition

A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 June 2025 | Viewed by 2809

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Prof. Dr. Liuyi Ren

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School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
Interests: microbubble flotation; particle-bubble interaction; interface; fine particle
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Dr. Siyuan Yang

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School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
Interests: nanobubble; particle-bubble interaction; coal flotation; Interface
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Dear Colleagues,

The froth flotation process separates solid particles based on the differences in physical and surface chemistry properties. It is most efficient and cost effective for particles within a narrow size range, nominally from 10 to 100 µm for the minerals. The flotation of fine particles (−10 µm) has become particularly important in recent years as advances have been made in grinding, which allow low grade mineral deposits to be economically exploited. The poor recovery of fines by flotation can be attributed to the low probability of bubble-particle collision, which decreases with the decrease of particle size, and high probability of detachment, respectively. Particle collection by air bubbles is regarded as the heart of froth flotation operation. Then, nanobubbles, which refer to tiny bubbles mostly finer than a few hundred nanometers, can extend the lower particle size limits for effective flotation of coal, phosphate, iron ore, some typical oxidized minerals, etc. Its introduction is one effective way to solve the problem of fine particle flotation.

The Special Issue of “Advances on Fine Particles and Bubbles Flotation” welcomes studies including: fine particle flotation, microbubble flotation, nanobubble flotation, particle-bubble interaction, collision and adhesion between particle and bubble, particle–bubble interface science, the aggregation of fine particle and bubble, and the dynamic study of fine particle and bubble flotation systems. We welcome contributions from all practitioners of this scientific topic.

Prof. Dr. Liuyi Ren
Dr. Siyuan Yang
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • fine particle flotation
  • microbubble flotation
  • bubble-particle flotation
  • bubble formation
  • bubble property
  • bubble modification
  • flocculation
  • agglomeration
  • interface

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Study on the Dynamic Process of the Attachment of a Single Bubble to Rough Surfaces with Different Hydrophobicity
by Songjiang Chen, Jiarui Wang, Gang Lei, Wanqi Ma, Ningning Zhang, Yuexian Yu, Zhanglei Zhu and Zhen Li
Minerals 2024, 14(10), 963; https://doi.org/10.3390/min14100963 - 24 Sep 2024
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A stable attachment between bubbles and solid particles is essential for flotation. Therefore, it is particularly necessary to study the dynamic process that occur in the attachment of bubbles to a solid surface. In this paper, Teflon and plexiglass plates were used as [...] Read more.
A stable attachment between bubbles and solid particles is essential for flotation. Therefore, it is particularly necessary to study the dynamic process that occur in the attachment of bubbles to a solid surface. In this paper, Teflon and plexiglass plates were used as hydrophobic and hydrophilic solid surfaces, respectively, and solid surfaces with roughness of 0.018 μm to 5.33 μm were prepared by polishing with sandpaper. The influence of roughness on the dynamic process in bubble attachment to solid surfaces with different hydrophobicity was studied via a high-speed camera (750 frames per second). It was found that roughness played a positive role in the attachment to the hydrophobic Teflon surface while a negative role in the attachment to the hydrophilic plexiglass surface in terms of the bubble’s attachment to the solid plates. For a smooth Teflon surface, the formation of three–phase contact (i.e., the drainage of wetting film) took up to 95 ms, whereas for a very rough Teflon surface it took only 5 milliseconds. On the contrary, the high roughness prevented the bubble from attaching to the hydrophilic plexiglass surface. It was concluded that the increased roughness of Teflon plates was conductive to air entrapment in surface irregularities, inducing the rapid rupture of the wetting film on a very rough Teflon surface, while the increased roughness of the plexiglass plates resulted in “water pockets” in surface grooves, making the wetting film on the plexiglass surface stable. Full article
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Insight into the Effect of Nanobubbles on Fine Muscovite Powder Flotation in Different Dodecylamine Concentrations and Stirring Intensities: Kinetics and Mechanism
by Xinyu Zhang, Liuyi Ren, Shenxu Bao, Yimin Zhang, Guohao Chen and Bo Chen
Minerals 2024, 14(7), 694; https://doi.org/10.3390/min14070694 - 3 Jul 2024
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Flotation-introduced nanobubbles were expected to be an efficient and economical method to recover fine muscovite. This study aimed to explore the mechanism of the change appearing in flotation after introducing nanobubbles through micro-flotation, particle vision and measurement, flotation kinetics, and induction time measurement. [...] Read more.
Flotation-introduced nanobubbles were expected to be an efficient and economical method to recover fine muscovite. This study aimed to explore the mechanism of the change appearing in flotation after introducing nanobubbles through micro-flotation, particle vision and measurement, flotation kinetics, and induction time measurement. The results of micro-flotation, which respectively feed muscovite or muscovite pretreated with nanobubbles in different concentrations of dodecylamine (DDA), were fitted with four flotation kinetic models using Origin. Different methods were used to examine how the introduction of nanobubbles affected the flotation process. The results showed that nanobubbles improved both the flotation rate and recovery of muscovite. Nanobubbles played different roles in different stirring intensities. At low stirring intensity, nanobubbles did not perform well. In suitable stirring intensity, nanobubbles helped particles aggregate and improved the collision probability between bubbles and minerals. However, at high stirring intensity, shear forces caused by ultra-high fluid velocities could disrupt particle aggregation. Full article
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