Journal
ACS OMEGA
Volume 6, Issue 21, Pages 13888-13894Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c01551
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- Swedish Mining Innovation [202100-2841]
- European Union
- Kolarctic CBC (Cross-Border Collaboration) [KO1030 SEESIMA]
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Processing materials from industrial plant tailings without grinding has advantages for reducing environmental impact. Introducing nanobubbles to conventional flotation can improve the separation efficiency of valuable minerals, with selectivity depending on feed PSD and reactant properties.
Processing of materials that originated from tailings of industrial plants (with a wide range of particle size distribution, PSD) without grinding has several advantages since mines are faced with a lot of pressure to minimize their environmental impacts. This article indicates that the introduction of submicron bubbles (known as nanobubbles, NBs) to conventional flotation could improve the separation efficiency of valuable minerals from their associated gangue phases. It was demonstrated that metallurgical responses (recovery, grade, selectivity, and kinetics) of NB flotation could improve compared to those of conventional tests. Various hydrodynamic cavitation setups for NB generation may lead to different metallurgical responses. In general, the addition of surfactants (frothers and collectors) for NB generation could increase both mass and water recoveries, which would be key factors on selectivity. Selectivity is also markedly dependent on the PSD of feed, and the selectivity of NB flotation is improved significantly by decreasing the feed size. In general, generation of NBs in the presence of a frother leads to higher flotation metallurgical responses than in the presence of a collector.
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