The Effect of New Modified Fatty Acid (CY-23)‎ Collector on ChloriteHematite Separation

Abstract EN

The flotation separation on chlorite and hematite with the new modified fatty acid collector CY-23 was studied.

The investigation included both flotation and reagent adsorption tests.

And all the characteristics of chlorite surface before and after the adsorption of new collector CY-23 have been studied with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).

The flotation results showed that caustic starch (CS) could depress the flotation of hematite and chlorite and CaCl2 could activate chlorite flotation but failed on hematite when using CY-23 as collector.

The adsorption rate of CY-23 on the surface of chlorite after being inhibited by CS was relatively smaller, but the amount of CY-23 adsorbed on the inhibited chlorite was greatly increased after adding activator CaCl2.

The results of XPS analysis showed that the photoelectron spectroscopy peaks of Mg2p and Al2p moved towards low energy after collector CY-23 was absorbed on chlorite surface, which indicated that chemical bonding through electron cloud transfer occurred between collector CY-23 and Mg, Al ions of chlorite surface.

The chemical reaction promoted the adsorption of CY-23 on chlorite surface and eventually improved the ability of CY-23 to float and collect chlorite.