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Studies on Surface Chemistry and Reagent Adsorption in Iron Ore Flotation

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INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
The growth of industrialization
with the resultant
infrastructure has become a
burden on environment and
proper utilization of wastes is
imperative to create a balanced
development, economy and
ecological balance for
sustainable growth process.
Froth flotation can be coined
as a highly adaptable method
for the physical separation of
particles, based on the
difference in surface
hydrophobicity, by using
particle surface composition to
induce the selectivity with
chemical reagents Every
deposit of Iron ore has its own
distinct mineralogical
characteristics, so the flotation
process to be adopted depends
on the mineralogical and
textural association of valuable
and gangue minerals. The main
objective of this study is to
investigate the relationship
between reagents adsorption
and response of material in a
single stage reverse flotation in
terms of recovery and grade.
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Abhyarthana Pattanaik
IIT(ISM), Dhanbad
Email: abhyap10@gmail.com
Phone: 7205819067
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Studies on Surface Chemistry and Reagent Adsorption in Iron Ore Flotation
Abhyarthana Pattanaik and Venugopal Rayasam
IIT(ISM), Dhanbad, India
PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION RESULTS DISCUSSION
Characterization of Feed
From AFM imaging of the froth
Fig 1.(a) XRD Fig 1.(b) FTIR product, it can observed that
along with monolayer formation
Alumina bearing
mineral
Silicate
mineral on the surface, multi layers of
s
amine with different height are
being observed at cracks and
Cationic
Collector
Starch as
depressant
depths.
Fig 1.(c) AFM image Fig 1.(d) FESEM-EDX
Fig 5. FESEM and EDX mapping of concentrate
Three best experimental results are presented below along
with iron and gangue content of concentrate
ADSORPTIO
ADSORPTIO
Expt. no Fe (%) Alumina Silica (%) Recovery (%),
N
MECHANIS
N
MECHANIS
M
(%) Fe
M
Reverse Fig 1. (e)Zeta potential Fig 1.(f) BET surface area
1. 65.12 2.33 2.5 86.12
Flotation
Specific reagent selection at specific
conditions
2. 63.23 2.99 3.2 79.95
EXPERIMENTAL 3. 63.3 3.053 3.05 80.07
Method of adsorption is through two types of interactive
Material:
forces are :
Low grade iron ore dump fines were collected from •Hematite, goethite, martite as major minerals and quartz,
Barsua iron ore mine. The representative feed sample Kaolinite as major gangue minerals. 1.Vander Waals force
was subjected to sampling and size-wise chemical 2. Hydrogen bonding
analysis to know the elemental distribution. •Due to fineness of ore coupled with complex mineralogy 3.Electrostatic attraction.
and locked particles, direct flotation will not be very
Methods: imperative. Hence, reverse flotation route was opted. Low adsorption densities surfactant ions act as counter
ions in the electrical double layer at the solid-liquid
Characterization studies of feed were carried out to
know textural and mineralogical characteristics of Characterization of products interface until hydrophobic bonding interaction require
sample and its effect upon flotation process. the surfactant alkyl chains be rejected from aqueous
environment.
The FTIR analysis of concentrate
Flotation Test Procedure: confirmed physisorption with
different hydroxyl and carbonyl CONCLUSION
bonds
The proposed optimal conditions were examined in
Iron sample transferred to cell with 20% pulp density
the laboratory and the recovery and grade achieved
Water added to maintain pulp density, impeller speed was const.
were 65.12% and 86.12%. Along with the effect of
Pulp was mixed thoroughly and conditioned for 3 mins
collector, effect oh pH and effect of depressant plays
an important role in flotation. The results showed that
Fig 2. FTIR analysis of concentrate the HTAB (combined quaternary ammonium salt) can
NaOH was added to maintain the basic ph of pulp and conditioned for 3 mins be preferred as a collector for reverse cationic
The IEP of concentrate was
found to be at pH 7.2, which flotation for iron ores. Hence, for a good and efficient
Confirmed the upgradation flotation, understanding of the reagents chemistry and
Starch (depressant) was added to depress the iron particles and conditioned for 3 mins
of method of adsorption is essential.
Iron values with literature.
Sodium metasilicate (disperssant) was added for proper dispersion of particles
and conditioned for 3 mins
Collector (HTAB) was added to make the gangue particles hydrophobic
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Qualitative and quantitative analysis of concentrate and tailings were carried out
It can be clearly observed good quality and quantity of iron
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(alumina + silica) content.