The nature of hematite depression with corn starch in the reverse flotation of iron ore
| Autor: | Sanket Bacchuwar, Jan D. Miller, Venkata Atluri, Xuming Wang, Yan Wang, Kaustubh Shrimali |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Flocculation
medicine.drug_class Starch 02 engineering and technology engineering.material 020501 mining & metallurgy Biomaterials Contact angle chemistry.chemical_compound Colloid and Surface Chemistry Adsorption medicine Chemistry food and beverages Hematite 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Surfaces Coatings and Films Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials 0205 materials engineering Chemical engineering Iron ore visual_art engineering visual_art.visual_art_medium Depressant Particle size 0210 nano-technology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 524:337-349 |
| ISSN: | 0021-9797 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jcis.2018.04.002 |
| Popis: | The function of corn starch and the significance of the order of addition of corn starch and mono ether amine in the reverse flotation of iron ore has been investigated. Understanding hematite depression with starch and the corresponding hydrophilic state involves consideration of adsorption with amine as well as flocculation of fine hematite. Captive bubble contact angle and micro-flotation experiments indicated that amine has an affinity towards both hematite and quartz, and that the role of starch is to hinder the adsorption of amine at the hematite surface so that flotation is inhibited. Micro-flotation results confirmed that quartz does not have affinity towards starch at pH 10.5. In addition to competitive adsorption, flocculation of fine hematite occurs and images from high resolution X-ray computed tomography (HRXCT) and cryo-SEM reveal further detail regarding floc structure. These results provide substantial evidence that the fine hematite particles are flocculated in the presence of corn starch, and flocculation is dependent on the particle size of hematite, with greater flocculation for finer particles. Thus, starch is playing a dual role in the reverse flotation of iron ore, acting as a depressant by hindering amine adsorption at the hematite surface in order to maintain the hydrophilic surface state of hematite, and acting as a flocculant to aggregate fine hematite particles, which if not flocculated, could diminish the flotation separation efficiency by being transported to the froth phase during reverse flotation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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