Journal article
Innovative application of sodium tripolyphosphate for the flotation separation of scheelite from calcite
MINERALS ENGINEERING, v 170, 106981
15 Aug 2021
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Abstract
The potential of sodium tripolyphosphate as a depressant for selective flotation separation of scheelite from calcite is investigated by the micro-flotation tests and industrial scale tests in this study. The depression mechanism of sodium tripolyphosphate is also studied by adsorption measurement, Zeta potential measurement and FTIR spectra. As suggested from the flotation test results, sodium tripolyphosphate have a good selective depression effect on calcite. The results of adsorption test, Zeta potential measurement, and FTIR spectra indicate that the selective adsorption of sodium tripolyphosphate on calcite surface hindered the further adsorption of FX6 type sodium oleate (FX-6) on calcite surface, which prevented the flotation of calcite. However, the pretreatment of sodium tripolyphosphate have little effect on the subsequent adsorption of FX-6 on the scheelite surface, and scheelite still maintain good floatability. The selective adsorption of sodium tripolyphosphate occur between phosphate and Ca2+ exposed on the calcite surface. Sodium tripolyphosphate have the potential to be used as an alternative calcite depressant to the flotation separation of scheelite and calcite.
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- Title
- Innovative application of sodium tripolyphosphate for the flotation separation of scheelite from calcite
- Publication Details
- MINERALS ENGINEERING, v 170, 106981
- Publisher
- PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD; OXFORD
- Grant note
- This research was funded by the National Natural ScienceFoundation of China (Grant No. 51904339 and No. 51974364) , Key Laboratory of Hunan Province for Clean and Efficient Utilization of Strategic Calcium-containing Mineral Resources (Grant No. 2018TP1002) , Co-Innovation Centre for Clean and Efficient Utilization of Strategic Metal Mineral Resources, and Postgraduate independent exploration and innovation project of Central South University (No. 2018zzts224) .
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000687329500005
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85107690089
- Other Identifier
- 991021860669204721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Engineering, Chemical
- Mineralogy
- Mining & Mineral Processing