The results demonstrate that the ore consists of 35 categories of minerals, assaying Cu 7.99%, Pb 9.39%, and Zn 1.96% in the forms of chalcopyrite, galena, and sphalerite, respectively, and silver ...
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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073ABSTRACT The oxidative flotation separation of chalcopyrite from pyrite in weak alkaline seawater solution was investigated using potassium ferrate (K2FeO4) as the oxidizing reagent. The optimal K2FeO4 concentration of 0.25 kg/t was found to strongly depress pyrite (from 88.05% to 7.92%) but insignificantly influence chalcopyrite …
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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Galena–Pyrite Bulk Flotation. The particle size has a significant effect on the flotation behaviors of minerals; therefore, the effect of grinding fineness (−0.074 mm) on galena -pyrite bulk flotation was firstly investigated and the results are shown in Fig. 2a. As can be noted that the recovery of lead, zinc, and sulfur was increased …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073We investigated the replacement of NaCN with Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, in the flotation of a low-grade lead–zinc ore containing high amounts of pyrite.A. ferrooxidans were adapted to original ore, and its growth curves were monitored before and after adaptation. Because of its characteristics, the addition of original ore …
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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073The test samples were got from a copper and zinc ore in Liaoning province of northeast China. The main useful elements are copper-zinc sulfide, and the main mineral is chalcopyrite, pyrite and ...
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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073As an example of the beneficial effect of copper sulfate in the activation of zinc sphalerite toward flotation, the series of results shown in Fig. 1 is of interest.These represent rougher tests on a sample of heavy pyritic ore. The particular sample in question contained about 5.6% zinc as marmatite; and was treated in a circuit made alkaline with …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073DOI: 10.1016/S0301-7516(97)00064-1 Corpus ID: 96276439; Pyrite flotation in the presence of metal ions and sphalerite @article{Zhang1997PyriteFI, title={Pyrite flotation in the presence of metal ions and sphalerite}, author={Q. Zhang and Zhenghe Xu and Volkan Bozkurt and James A. Finch}, journal={International Journal of Mineral Processing}, …
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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Abstract. Various collectors were compared in the selective flotation of copper–zinc ore by using isopropyl ethylthionocarbamate (Z-200), buthl xanthate, …
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