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The use of fatty chemicals as flotation reagents
Author(s) -
Agar G. E.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02679248
Subject(s) - potash , mineral processing , electrokinetic phenomena , adsorption , chemistry , environmental science , froth flotation , pulp and paper industry , process engineering , environmental chemistry , biochemical engineering , waste management , metallurgy , materials science , nanotechnology , potassium , engineering , organic chemistry
Abstract Fatty chemicals are widely used as flotation collectors in the mineral‐processing industry and, even though this application is quite old, improvements are being made with regard to both application and utilization. Most of the fatty chemicals that are used in flotation are used in the processing of industrial minerals such as phosphate, potash, iron ore, cement rock, and feldspar. The understanding of the functioning of collectors is not complete, and only recently have concerted efforts been made in researching this area with tools such as electrokinetics, radiotracers, infrared spectroscopy, and adsorption measurements. It appears that a thorough knowledge of the behavior of inorganic solids in aqueous solutions will be required before a full appreciation of collector behavior can be made.