Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MINERAL PROCESSING
Volume 94, Issue 1-2, Pages 35-42Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.minpro.2009.11.007
Keywords
Selective separation; Fine particles; Air-water interface
Funding
- Australian Research Council Linkage Scheme
- AMIRA International
- State Governments of South Australia and Victoria
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Selective fine particle separation is a key unit operation in the mineral and related industries. In flotation, the capture of fine particles by bubbles is inefficient due to their low mass and momentum, which result in low particle-bubble collision efficiency. We demonstrate that it is possible to selectively separate a mixture of very fine hydrophobic graphite and hydrophilic quartz particles by direct contact with an air-water interface without a particle-bubble collision step involved, We demonstrate that it is possible to scale-up the process from a simple batch to a continuous process. Good selective separation of graphite from quartz gangue could be obtained under continuous conditions. Crown Copyright (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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