Impact of gypsum on flotation of scheelite and fluorite using sodium oleate as collector

ABSTRACT

In this study, effect of calcium and gypsum on scheelite and fluorite was investigated using sodium oleate as collector. Micro-flotation and contact angle results showed that the adsorption of calcium could inhibit the hydrophobicity of scheelite and fluorite. Moreover, sulfate could enhance the inhibition. FT-IR results showed that calcium could be priori precipitated into calcium oleate and adsorb on mineral surface. The adsorption of calcium could increase the scheelite potential to IEP, while it showed limited effect on fluorite potential. However, the interaction of calcium on scheelite and fluorite in gypsum solution was more complex than that in calcium solution.     

Electrochemical properties of carbon-coated CaWO4 versus Li

Carbon-coated CaWO₄ nano-crystalline phases have been synthesized by ambient temperature solution precipitation method, characterized by X-ray diffraction, SEM and thermogravimetry and their electrochemical properties were studied versus Li metal. Galvanostatic cycling at a current of 60 mA/g in the voltage range 0.005-3.0 V on the 5 wt.% C-coated CaWO₄ gave a reversible capacity of 230 ± 5 mAh/g corresponding to 2.5 mol of Li, which is almost stable from 20 to 50 cycles. Under the same conditions, the 10 wt.% C-coated CaWO₄ showed a capacity of 355 ± 5 mAh/g (3.8 mol of Li) during the initial cycles, but the capacity degraded at a rate of 1.6 mAh/g per cycle in the range 5-100 cycles. A good operating voltage range was found to be 0.005-3.0 V with average discharge and charge potentials being 0.6 and 1.3 V, respectively. Coulombic efficiency in all cases was 96-98%. Cyclic voltammograms compliment the galvanostatic results. Impedance spectral data on the 10 wt.% C-coated CaWO₄ at different voltages during the first and 20th discharge-charge cycle have been interpreted in terms of the variations in the bulk and charge-transfer resistances of the composite electrode. A reaction mechanism involving the formation/decomposition of the oxide bronze, ‘Li_xWO_y’ has been proposed to explain the electrochemical cycling.     

Mechanochemically assisted room temperature solid state metathesis reaction for the synthesis of MMoO4 (M = Ca, Sr and Ba)

This communication reports a novel mechanochemically assisted room temperature solid state metathesis reaction for the synthesis of submicron-size alkaline-earth molybdates crystallizing in a tetragonal Scheelite structure. The solids were characterized by powder XRD, FTIR, TGA, DTA, SEM, EDAX and TEM to ascertain their composition, phase homogeneity and morphology.     

某铜钨矿中白钨矿的低温浮选效果优化

湖南某铜钨矿建厂时制定的是常年不变的浮钨药剂制度,而矿浆温度的变化会显著影响钨浮选指标,因而选矿厂每年深秋至次年初春钨浮选指标都不理想。为了稳定选矿厂的钨回收效果,减少钨资源的浪费,提升企业的经营业绩,以该选矿厂的铜硫混浮尾矿为试样,进行了选钨药剂制度优化研究。结果表明：新型组合捕收剂ZL-B+LDZ适合该试样中白钨矿的低温浮选,在矿浆温度为10 ℃时,ZL-B与LDZ的质量配合比以3∶2为佳,随着矿浆温度的升高,可通过逐步减少LDZ的用量、增加ZL-B的用量来适应矿浆温度的变化,以获得稳定的、理想的钨精矿指标;在ZL-B+LDZ与现场捕收剂ZL-B用量相当、矿浆温度为10 ℃的情况下,不仅精矿钨品位提高了0.97个百分点,而且钨回收率大幅度提高了25.67个百分点。     

Comment on “Molten salt synthesis of barium molybdate and tungstate microcrystals”

In this comment we discuss recent results presented by P. Afanasiev on the optical properties of microcrystalline BaMoO₄ and BaWO₄ [Materials Letters 61 (2007) 4622]. Its aim is to show that the band-gap energy reported in that work for BaWO₄ is not reliable and largely underestimate the correct value. As a consequence of it, the challenge made in Ref. [P. Afanasiev, Materials Letters 61 (2007) 4622] to the previous understanding of the electronic structure of scheelite-type compounds is not valid.     

白钨矿与含钙脉石常温浮选分离药剂研究进展

白钨矿与含钙脉石矿物的浮选分离是选矿的难点之一。利用溶液化学的知识揭示出,矿物表面的转化使含钙矿物的化学组成、表面电性及可浮性发生变化,是导致白钨矿与萤石、方解石浮选分离困难的主要原因;总结了白钨矿浮选的常规捕收剂与抑制剂,重点介绍了白钨矿与含钙脉石矿物常温浮选分离的新型高效捕收剂和抑制剂的种类、性能及作用机理,并阐述了组合捕收剂、组合抑制剂在白钨浮选实践中的优势;指明了高效捕收剂、抑制剂今后研究的方向。     

Energy Consumption in Tungsten Extractive Metallurgy

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Isostructural phase transition (IPT) in CaMoO4 with Scheelite structure

The ceramic compound CaMoO₄ is synthesized via a solid-state reaction technique. Rietveld refinement studies were done on the powder X-ray diffraction data of CaMoO₄ and revealed that the compound is crystallized in the tetragonal Scheelite structure with I4₁/a space group. The differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) studies on CaMoO₄ divulged an anomaly around 440 °C. This anomaly is further probed using the temperature-dependent Raman and dielectric spectroscopic measurements and are corroborating with the results obtained from DSC. A detailed investigation on the temperature-dependent Raman spectroscopic data revealed that the A_1g mode of CaMoO₄ showed a soft phonon behavior up to the phase transition temperature. It is observed that the A_1g mode displayed phonon hardening behavior with further increasing the temperature. The anomaly is attributed to an isostructural phase transition (IPT), a rarely observed phenomenon in the compounds with Scheelite structure. The IPT in CaMoO₄ is elucidated with a phonon softening mechanism.     

浮选柱用于白钨精选的工业试验研究

以实验室试验得到的最优参数条件进行了CCF浮选柱白钨精选工业试验,采用一次粗选、两次精选流程得到了WO3品位45.77%、回收率为93.53%的钨精矿。     

某低品位黑白钨矿选矿试验研究

以WO₃品位为0.23%的某低品位黑白钨矿为研究对象,按混浮黑白钨矿-彼得罗夫法分离白钨矿-摇床分粒级回收黑钨矿的原则流程进行了适宜的磨矿细度、合适药剂用量研究,最终获得的白钨精矿、黑钨精矿1和黑钨精矿2的WO₃品位分别为65.43%、50.11%、31.65%,回收率分别为51.21%、26.14%、13.76%,钨总回收率为91.11%。