FLOTASI

Lecture 02:

Properties of Mineral Surface

Agus Prasetya, PhD.

S2 Minat Mineral Processing
DTK FT UGM
What happens with mineral particles when they are
placed in water?
 mineral particles dissolved in water

a. Completely dissolved in water (larut sempurna)

Example: NaCl, KCl

b. Sparingly dissolved in water (larut sebagian/sulit larut)

Example: (Ca)3(PO4)2, CaCO3
 mineral particles dissolved in water

Solubility Rules
1. All common salts of the Group 1A elements *) (such as Na+, K+ and
Li+) and ammonium (NH4+) are soluble

2. All common salts containing acetate (CH3COO-) or nitrate (NO3-) are

soluble, except those of silver (Ag) and lead (Pb)

3. All compounds containing sulfate (SO42-) are soluble, EXCEPT those

of barium (Ba), strontium (Sr), lead (Pb), calcium (Ca), silver (Ag) and
mercury (Hg)

4. Except for those compounds following Rule 1, compounds containing

carbonate (CO32-), hydroxide (OH-), oxide (O2-) and phosphates (PO43-
) are INsoluble

*) refered to Periodic Table

SOLUBILITY PRODUCTS OF SELECTED MINERALS
SOLUBILITY PRODUCTS OF VARIOUS Pb MINERALS
mineral particles react with water
 mineral particles electrostatically charged in water

Surface Charge: How does it come from?