A mixed collector system for phosphate flotation

Flotation has been used in industry for more than a half century as the primary technique for upgrading phosphate. While the flotation of phosphate was inefficient when oleic acid was used alone as a collector, therefore a mixed collector of oleic acid (HOl), linoleic acid (LA) and linolenic acid (LNA) was employed to improve the recovery of phosphate flotation. The batch flotation results showed that the optimal composition of the mixed collector was 54 wt.% HOl, 36 wt.% LA and 10 wt.% LNA. Additionally, the effect of pH on the mixed collector application was studied while considering the surface tension, contact angle and micro-flotation. The results showed that the mixed collector should be used at a pH of 9.5. Above a pH of 9.5, the adsorption of fatty acids dimers on the apatite surface hindered phosphate flotation. The influence of the mixed collector assembly on apatite flotation was also investigated. It was demonstrated that due to its low critical micelle concentration, a sufficiently hydrophobic apatite surface could be generated at a collector concentration of 60 mg/L. In addition, zeta potential experiments suggested that collector adsorption was governed by chemisorption. FTIR and XPS spectra studies further indicated that the chemical reaction involved the carboxyl groups of fatty acids and Ca species at the apatite surface for each fatty acid in the mixed collector.     

Use of conditioning time to investigate the mechanisms of interactions of selected fatty acids on hematite Part II laboratory investigations

It is the aim of this paper to examine the effects of conditioning time on the flotation of hematite using three technical grade fatty acid reagents as providing additional evidence on their mechanism of interaction with the hematite surface. Various mechanisms have been postulated as occurring as conditioning time is increased. Both physical (e.g. conditioning time and power input) and chemical (nature, dispersion and solubility of the adsorbing species) contribute to the mechanisms of attachment of collector. In this paper, the mechanism of attachment of oleate to hematite can be readily explained by chemisorption, but the mechanism of attachment of lauric acid appears to be physical adsorption at neutral pH. The flotation of hematite with a mixture of tallow-type fatty acids (palmitic, stearic and oleic acids) is very sensitive to conditioning time, and suggests that, even though flotation is very effective at short conditioning times, it is very susceptible to the presence of fines and their associated high surface areas. It is therefore obvious that both the physical and chemical conditions contribute to the mechanisms of adsorption of fatty acids on iron-containing oxide minerals and must be understood in order to optimise the flotation of these minerals in an industrial situation.     

挤扩支盘桩在湿陷性黄土地基中的应用

湿陷性黄土具有遇水发生湿陷、承载力大幅度降低的性质,这种性质直接影响到基础的承载力。为了研究支盘桩在湿陷性黄土地基中的承载性状,对湿陷性黄土中的3根支盘桩进行预浸水静载荷试验,结果表明,支盘桩荷载—沉降曲线为缓变型,具有较好的承载性能,荷载传递规律与在非湿陷性黄土地基中具有相似的性质,桩身各段承载力的发挥具有明显的顺序性,其结果为挤扩支盘桩在湿陷性黄土地基中的应用提供了依据。     

支流影响下的水库水温预测模型

采用宽度平均的立面二维水温模型,通过分析支流和主库之间的相互影响,提出了支流与主库耦合的简化方法,建立了考虑支流影响的水库水温模型。在考虑有无支流影响的条件下,对水库水温分布、水库下泄水温和坝前垂向水温分布均作了比较,结果表明支流对水库水温分布有一定的影响,所建立支流与主库耦合的立面二维水温模型能够较好地反映存在支流影响的水库水温分布,预测水库水温分布比较合理。     

中低品位硅钙质胶磷矿富集技术探讨

过去的正反浮选工艺具有产生的磷精矿中MgO含量低，产品脱水性能好的优点，但选矿成本较高，直接经济效益不显著，为此对“矿浆无需加温”、正浮选作业“无碱”、“无碳酸盐抑制剂”、反浮选“无需添加磷酸”的“四无”正反浮选新工艺进行了研究，结果表明：该新工艺具有技术指标先进，选矿成本低的优点。     

白钨矿浮选731捕收剂低温乳化试验研究

介绍了731捕收剂在低温条件下试验的情况。试验研究结果表明，采用A和B药剂以5：6的比例混合组成的复合乳化剂对731进行乳化，低温时乳化体系稳定性好，浮选过程中降低乳化731的用量，同时提高了选择性，降低了浮选成本，实现了低温环境下白钨矿正常浮选作业，达到选矿技术攻关指标。     

Preparation of clean coal by flotation following ultra fine liberation

This paper reports the results of current fundamental research at the Department of Process Engineering, University of Miskolc on the processing of clean coal from Mecsek bituminous coal, Southern Hungary. The theoretical possibility of the separation of different petrographic components was proven experimentally and their liberation degree was determined based on the petrographic composition, flotation kinetic study of isolated components (groups of components), scanning electron microscopy and microprobe analyses. The mill with stirred ball media was chosen for the ultra-fine liberation of the coal components. It was revealed that along with the liberation of coal components, their surface oxidation and spontaneous agglomeration, entrapping the mineral impurities take place in ultra-fine grinding. This paper discusses the interfacial phenomena occurring in the ultra-fine grinding process and their influence on the flotation. The concept for the advanced preparation of clean coal was developed, tested and proved. The main steps of this concept are the ultra-fine liberation in the stirred-media mill, the de-agglomeration of flocs spontaneously formed during the ultra-fine grinding and the induced (hydrophobic) flocculation with the following two-step flotation in a flotation column.     

某铅锌矿选矿尾矿综合利用试验研究

针对选矿尾矿的特性，采用高选择性的3ACH捕收剂、F—1抑制剂，回收了绢云母含量分别达96％和64％以上的一、二级绢云母产品。经应用试验表明：绢云母一级品在橡胶中的补强性能基本达到了沉淀法白炭黑水平，二级品也全面超过硅铝炭黑的补强性能。