Papers by Author: De Shan Zhu

Abstract: In alkaline condition, experiments were taken to investigate the influence of different regulators on the flotation behaviors of brucite and serpentine when sodium oleate was the collector. The regulators used in experiments included sodium silicate, tannin and calcium lignosulphonate. The results showed that sodium silicate had a great effect on the flotation. When the regulator was the sodium silicate, serpentine recovery rate was less than 10% and brucite recovery was about 90% in the pH of 10. After analysis, brucite and serpentine may be separated effectively by sodium silicate. At last, the function mechanism of sodium silicate was probed. The electrostatic adhesion between serpentine and sodium silicate accured, and the surface of serpentine was negative so that it was difficult to be collected by sodium oleate; Instead, the impact of sodium silicate on brucite was weak, and the surface of brucite was still positive so that it could be collected easily.

Abstract: Low grade magnesite coexisting with dolomite was purified by flotation. A process of reverse flotation to remove silicate minerals- positive flotation to concentrate magnesite was explored after the systematic process mineralogical investigation. Influence of different conditions such as grinding fineness experiment, collector experiment and combined modifiers experiment was also investigated. Open-circuit flotation test was carried out under the optimum conditions. It was showed in the result that the MgO content in concentrate was increased from 32.36% to 42.25%, the CaO and SiO2 contents in concentrate were decreased from1.08% and 17.70% to 6.73% and 0.19% respectively, but the recovery of MgO was not satisfactory.