Differences in Etheramines Froth Properties and the Effects on Iron Ore Flotation. Part II: Three-Phase Systems

Part I of this investigation, addressing two-phase systems, showed that etherdiamine produces more stable and dryer foams, whereas smaller bubbles are formed with faster kinetics by ethermonoamine. These remarkable differences in foam stability, attributed to the distinct chain length and consequent...

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Published in:Mineral processing and extractive metallurgy review 2022-02, Vol.43 (2), p.243-250
Main Authors: Eney de Matos, Vanderson, Nogueira, Stephânia da Consolação Silva, Silva, Gilberto, Kowalczuk, Przemyslaw B., Peres, Antônio Eduardo Clark
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Binary systems
Core loss
Entrainment
Etheramines
Flotation
Foams
froth
Iron
Iron compounds
Iron ores
Kinetics
Lipophilic
Mine tailings
Reagents
Selective flotation
Selectivity
selectivity index
water and iron recovery
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Summary:Part I of this investigation, addressing two-phase systems, showed that etherdiamine produces more stable and dryer foams, whereas smaller bubbles are formed with faster kinetics by ethermonoamine. These remarkable differences in foam stability, attributed to the distinct chain length and consequent hydrophilic-lipophilic balance, influence froth properties, and may affect the selectivity of reverse cationic flotation of iron ores. The investigations conducted in this paper evaluated the effect of froth properties on the selective flotation recovery of a Brazilian iron ore from the Iron Quadrangle. The results showed that etherdiamine presented faster kinetics of froth formation but the recovery of water and solids in the froth was lower than that achieved with ethermonoamine. The water recovery was closely related to nonselective transport of solid particles in the froth by entrainment. The etherdiamine ability to form more stable and dryer froth reduced the entrainment of fine iron-bearing particles in the froth (tailings), improving the metal recovery in the concentrate (bulk), as the iron loss was directly proportional to the water recovery in the froth and the reagent presented lower entrainment factor than the ethermonoamine. In addition, the drier froth from etherdiamine is responsible for greater quartz true flotation, rendering this collector a more selective effect on flotation in spite the more powerful effect of ethermonoamine.
ISSN:0882-7508
1547-7401
DOI:10.1080/08827508.2021.1888725