Flotation Research of a Fluorite Ore

Abstract:

Separating fluorite from quartz and calcite by forth flotation can be both in weak-acidized (pH 6.0) condition and weak alkali (pH 9.0) condition. The experiment results have shown that ZnSO₄ can decrease the depression that water glass works on the fluorite, and acidized water glass has a selective inhibition on the silicate minerals. The close flowsheet protocolled in the experiment can obtain the content of CaF₂, SiO₂ in the final concentrate are 97.89%, 0.91% respectively, and the recovery rate of CaF₂ is 84.18%, which is reach the requirement of the plant.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 539)
• Pages: 781-784
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.539.781
• Online since: July 2014
• Authors: Wei Jun Peng, Ling Yan Zhang, Li Li Bai, Yang Shuai Qiu
• Keywords: Coarse-Disseminated, Concentrate, Fluorite, Mineral Processing

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