WO2023180027A1 - Nouveaux collecteurs cationiques pour améliorer un procédé de flottation par mousse de silicates - Google Patents

Nouveaux collecteurs cationiques pour améliorer un procédé de flottation par mousse de silicates Download PDF

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WO2023180027A1
WO2023180027A1 PCT/EP2023/055138 EP2023055138W WO2023180027A1 WO 2023180027 A1 WO2023180027 A1 WO 2023180027A1 EP 2023055138 W EP2023055138 W EP 2023055138W WO 2023180027 A1 WO2023180027 A1 WO 2023180027A1
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Tobias PLATEN
Klaus Raab
Wagner Claudio Da Silva
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  • the present invention relates to the use of hydroxyl ether diamines for improving a process for froth flotation of silicates.
  • the selectivity performance of the hydroxyl ether diamines is significantly better, delivering higher recoveries for the mineral of interest.
  • Silicates are usually found as gangue minerals for different types of ores, like iron, phosphate, niobium, lithium ore, and others.
  • a non-exhaustive list of major silicate groups contains nesosilicates, sorosilicates, cyclosilicates, inosilicates, phyllosilicates, tectosilicates, et al.
  • the separation of the silicate minerals from these types of ores can be effected by direct flotation of the silicates.
  • the chemicals used for flotation suffer often from unsatisfactory selectivity which does not allow the production of saleable concentrations.
  • To increase the selectivity relatively large quantities of regulating reagents have to be used, especially collecting agents that are responsible to float the silicates selectively from the other minerals.
  • silicates from different ores by froth flotation in the presence of hydrophobic amines is a well-known process.
  • the negatively charged silicates can be hydrophobized using suitable amphiphilic amines which attach to the silicate surface. Injection of air in a flotation cell containing an aqueous suspension of the treated ore leads to formation of gas bubbles. These hydrophobic gas bubbles collect the hydrophobized silicate particles and transport them to the top of the flotation cell. At the top of the flotation cell the froth with the silicate particles is collected. Finally, the froth will be removed from the surface and the enriched mineral is left at the bottom of the flotation cell.
  • SiC>2 quartz
  • SiC>2 silicates
  • the SiCh content in iron ore concentrates is the limiting factor for their usability; typically it should not exceed 3% for steelmaking processes from iron ore pellets, in direct reduction processes (DRI-pellets) as well as in electric-arc smelting processes.
  • a common process of removing silicates from iron ore is reverse froth flotation, where the silicates are enriched in the froth (tailings) and leave the system with the froth, and the iron ends up in the bottom fraction (concentrate).
  • reverse froth flotation usually encounters one of two drawbacks: either the iron ore bottom fraction contains a low level of SiCh - which in turn leads to a low recovery of iron; or the recovery of iron is high - which in turn leaves a higher level of SiCh in the ore.
  • the gangue mineral mainly quartz
  • alkyl ether monoamines alkyl ether diamines, and mixtures thereof often partially neutralized with acetic acid, as a collector.
  • the degree of neutralization is an important parameter as higher neutralization degrees enhance the collector solubility but impair the flotation performance.
  • the iron ore is simultaneously depressed by non-modified starches.
  • US 3363758 relates to a froth flotation process for separating silica from an ore employing acid salts of primary aliphatic ether amines and aliphatic ether diamines in which the aliphatic radical has between one and 13 carbon atoms.
  • CA 1100239 discloses aqueous emulsions of alkyl ether amines and alkyl ether diamines as collecting agents for use in a froth flotation process for separating or concentrating minerals from ore.
  • US 4319987 describes the use of primary branched aliphatic alkyl ether monoamines and their partial acid salts for removal of silicate from iron ore.
  • the methyl-branched alkyl residues predominantly contain 8-10 carbon atoms.
  • US4797202 describes the use of a collection of hydroxyl ether diamine collectors for sulfide minerals or metal containing oxide minerals, but not for reverse iron ore flotation with silicates as gangue minerals.
  • US 6076682 discloses the combined use of an alkyl ether monoamine with an alkyl ether diamine for the silicate flotation from iron ore.
  • the alkyl residue contains 8 to 12 carbon atoms and in preferred alkyl ether diamines the alkyl residue contains 8 to 14 carbon atoms.
  • WO 2012/139985 discloses a process for enriching an iron mineral from a silicate containing iron ore by inverse flotation using a collector comprising an ether amine and/or an ether diamine with an aliphatic iso-Ci3H27-group with average branching degree ranging from 1 .5 to 3.5.
  • non-ionic surfactants as for example fatty alcohols can improve the cationic flotation of silicates because it increases flotation selectivity and recovery of silicates compared with the individual components, as well as a remarkable decrease in cationic collector consumption.
  • Liu (Int. J. Electrochem. Sci., 10 (2015) 10188 - 10198) discloses that flotation recovery of pure quartz in froth flotation using N-dodecyl ethylene diamine as cationic collector is improved in the presence of alcohols, including ethanediol and glycerol.
  • alcohols including ethanediol and glycerol.
  • longer chain mono alcohols show the most promising results. They allow to substitute part of the diamine.
  • the collector can include one or more etheramines and one or more amidoamines.
  • a liquid suspension or slurry comprising one or more particulates can be contacted with the collector to produce a treated mixture.
  • a product can be recovered from the treated mixture that includes a purified liquid having a reduced concentration of the particulates relative to the treated mixture, a purified particulate product having a reduced concentration of liquid relative to the treated mixture, or both.
  • the collector may comprise a polyol as freezing point depressant.
  • R 1 is a linear or branched chain aliphatic hydrocarbon moiety having 6 to 22 carbon atoms and 0, 1 , 2 or 3 double bonds; n and m independently of one another represent the number 1 , 2 or 3; x is 0 or the number 1 , 2 or 3; and y is 2 or 3, and at least one other anionic and/or nonionic co-collector which is an anionic or nonionic surfactant.
  • US 4319987 teaches the use of primary aliphatic ether amines as silica collectors in the concentration of minerals by the froth flotation process. More specifically, the use of mixtures of primary methyl branched aliphatic ether amines and the partially-neutralized salts thereof as flotation reagents. In further aspect, the use of mixtures of 3-isooctoxypropyl monoamine and 3-isodecoxypropyl monoamine and/or the partially-neutralized acetate salts thereof as collectors for silica in the beneficiation of oxidized taconite ores.
  • US 5261539 describes the use of alkoxylated alkyl guanidines and alkoxylated amines for the reverse flotation of calcite.
  • US 5720873 describes the combination of quaternary ammonium salts with fatty oxy-alkylene compounds for purifying calcium carbonate. This combination achieves an improvement compared with quaternary ammonium salts with respect to separating off acid-insoluble components.
  • US 4425229 describes a process to concentrate a phosphate ore using cationic collectors selected from the group of primary amine and primary amine salt as flotation agents for the silicate gangue minerals.
  • the collectors which are described in the prior art for silicates flotation exhibit inadequate selectivity, leading to low recoveries of the mineral of interest in the final concentrate.
  • the objective of the present invention was therefore to provide an improved collector for silicates flotation.
  • particles have very small particle sizes which are floated with the froth; the currently known collectors are not selective enough and float certain modifications of iron ore as for example hematite at least partly with the froth; mixed particles with high iron but low quartz content are removed with the froth.
  • This lack of selectivity also happens to other types of ores where other minerals besides the silicates are floated together to the froth, decreasing the recovery of the mineral of interest.
  • the collecting performance of the hydroxyl ether diamine is significantly better, compared to the benchmark of ether monoamines, ether diamines and mixtures thereof.
  • a flotation process which makes use of a hydroxyl ether diamine as part of a collector is considered to be a cationic flotation process.
  • Concurrently the silicates content of the recovered iron ore concentrate and phosphate ore concentrate at least remains essentially unchanged on its low level but is often further reduced.
  • a hydroxyl ether diamine for improving the collector performance of a collector composition for the reverse iron ore flotation and reverse phosphate ore flotation comprising at least one compound according to Formula (1 ) wherein
  • R 1 is a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group having Ce - C24 carbon atoms and
  • R 2 , R 3 , R 4 are H or a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group having Ci - C5 carbon atoms and n is an integer 2 - 5 or a salt of the at least one compound of Formula (1) formed by neutralization with formic, acetic, propionic or hydrochloric acid.
  • R 2 , R 3 and R 4 can be different or the same independently from each other.
  • the alcohol used for the preparation of the hydroxyl ether diamine may be any linear fatty alcohol or branched alcohol with between 6 and 24 carbon atoms.
  • the alcohol has 7 to 18 and more preferably 8 to 15 carbon atoms, as for example 6 to 18 carbon atoms, or 6 to 15 carbon atoms, or 7 to 24 carbon atoms, or 7 to 15 carbon atoms, or 8 to 24 carbon atoms, or 8 to 18 carbon atoms.
  • the alcohol is a primary alcohol.
  • the alkyl chain is branched due to its reduced tendency for crystallization.
  • the alkyl chain may be saturated or unsaturated.
  • the alkyl chain is saturated or at least partially saturated.
  • Examples for preferred linear fatty alcohol is octanol, nonanol, decanol, undecanol, dodecanol, tridecanol, tetradecanol, hexadecanol, octadecanol and their mixtures. They may be of natural or synthetic origin. Especially preferred are alcohol mixtures based on natural fats and oils as for example coco fatty alcohol, palm fatty alcohol, palm kernel fatty alcohol, soy fatty alcohol, rapeseed fatty alcohol and tallow fatty alcohol.
  • alcohol is given to branched alcohols such as 2- ethylhexanol and to the different isomers of isononanol, the different isomers of isodecanol and the different isomers of isotridecanol.
  • branched alcohols such as 2- ethylhexanol
  • isomers of isononanol the different isomers of isodecanol and the different isomers of isotridecanol.
  • mixtures of different isomers of isononanol are especially preferred.
  • Examples for especially preferred hydroxyl ether diamines are 1-(2- aminoethylamino)-3-(octyloxy)propan-2-ol, 1-(2-aminoethylamino)-3-(octyloxy- Zdecyloxy)propan-2-ol, 1 -(2-aminoethylamino)-3-(isononyloxy)propan-2-ol, 1 -(2- aminoethylamino)-3-(decyloxy)propan-2-ol, 1-(2-aminoethylamino)-3- (isoundecyloxy)propan-2-ol, 1-(2-aminoethylamino)-3-(isotridecyloxy)propan-2-ol, 1-(2-aminoethylamino)-3-(dodecyloxy-/tetradecyloxy)propan-2-ol.
  • the hydroxyl ether diamine can be partially neutralized using organic or inorganic acids.
  • Preferred acids are acetic acid and hydrochloric acid.
  • the degree of neutralization is an important parameter as higher degrees of neutralization enhance the collector solubility. Higher collector solubility is necessary when the collector is prepared as a dispersion in water before dosing in the slurry.
  • the collector composition according to the invention may comprise additional components such as chain extenders, frothers, and/or depressants which may cause a further improvement in the flotation process and especially in the selectivity of the process.
  • additional components such as chain extenders, frothers, and/or depressants which may cause a further improvement in the flotation process and especially in the selectivity of the process.
  • Preferred chain extenders are substances of low polarity and accordingly low water solubility such as mineral or vegetable oils as for example kerosene, diesel, naphthenic oils, paraffinic oils, rapeseed oil, sunflower oil, soy oil or tallow fat.
  • mineral or vegetable oils as for example kerosene, diesel, naphthenic oils, paraffinic oils, rapeseed oil, sunflower oil, soy oil or tallow fat.
  • the presence of chain extenders has proven especially beneficial for the flotation of coarse mineral particles with particle size of for example 150 pm or even more.
  • Preferred depressants are hydrophilic polymers which raise the selectivity of the flotation process by interaction with the iron ore, rendering the surface of the iron ore more hydrophilic.
  • Examples for preferred depressants are natural and modified starches as for example corn starch, cassava starch, potato starch, wheat starch, rice starch, arrowroot starch.
  • frothers are pine oil, eucalyptus oil, cresylic acid, 2-ethylhexan-1-ol and 4-methyl-2-pentanol.
  • the collector composition may also contain a solvent.
  • Preferred solvents are water and linear or branched monohydric alcohols with 1 to 14 carbon atoms as for example methanol, ethanol, propanol, butanol, pentanol, hexanol, heptanol, octanol, 2-ethylhexanol, nonanol, decanol, undecanol, dodecanol, tridecanol and tetradecanol.
  • Especially preferred are water and mixtures of water with methanol, ethanol and/or propanol.
  • the mass ratio between collector composition and the solvent is in the range of from 1 :19 to 19:1 and more preferably in the range of from 1 :9 and 9:1 and especially in the range of from 1 :4 and 4:1 as for example in the range of from 1 : 19 to 1 :9; or in the range of from 1 : 19 to 1 :4; or in the range of from 1 :9 to 1 : 19; or in the range of from 1 :9 to 4: 1 ; or in the range of from 1 :4 to 1 : 19; or in the range of from 1 :4 to 1 :9.
  • the collector composition can be prepared by simply mixing the components in the given ratio.
  • the sequence of addition of the components to the mixing appliance is not critical.
  • the mixing is made batch wise, e.g. in a kettle, vessel or tank, preferably with stirring.
  • the mixing is made in a continuous mode e.g. by metered dosing of the components into a mixing pipe optionally equipped with a static mixer or a dynamic mixer.
  • Static mixers are devices located in a tubing having stationary internals which effect mixing of fluid product streams using flow energy.
  • Useful static mixers have proven to be, for example, Multiflux, Sulzer, PMR, McHugh, Komax and Honeycomb, X, Ross-ISG and helical mixers.
  • Preferred dynamic mixers are rotor-stator dispersers which are also called high- shear mixers.
  • Useful dynamic mixers have proven to be toothed disk dispersers (e.g. Ultra-Turrax®) and high-pressure homogenizers (Microfluidizer®). Suitable shear rates are also achievable by means of a Cavitron or by ultrasound.
  • gangue predominantly comprising silicates is separated from a crude iron ore and phosphate ore by direct cationic flotation of the silicates to produce an iron ore concentrate and a phosphate ore concentrate.
  • This process comprises the steps of bringing an aqueous pulp of the finely ground crude iron ore or phosphate ore into contact with the collector composition according to the first aspect of the invention comprising a hydroxyl ether diamine, foaming of the so obtained composition, separation of the silicate containing froth and recovery of the enriched iron ore or phosphate ore. After completion of the flotation a silicate-enriched froth (tailings) and a bottom fraction enriched in iron or phosphate and poor in silicate are obtained (concentrate).
  • the iron ore or the phosphate ore Prior to the flotation process the iron ore or the phosphate ore usually have to be ground, preferably together with water, to the desired particle size.
  • the particle size is between 5 and 200 pm, more preferably between 10 and 150 pm as for example between 5 and 150 pm or between 10 and 200 pm.
  • the collecting composition according to the claimed embodiments of the invention has proven to be especially beneficial for cationic flotation of silicates in an iron or phosphate ore, having a P80 less or equal to 150 pm, suitably less or equal to 100 pm, for example less or equal to 50 pm.
  • the ground iron ore and phosphate ore may be deslimed, for instance by filtration, settling and/or centrifuging, if necessary.
  • the finely ground iron ore or phosphate ore are then combined with water or a suitable aqueous liquid and mixed using mechanical mixing means to form a homogenous slurry called “pulp”.
  • the water used for preparation of the pulp may be tap water, surface water, ground water and/or recycled process water.
  • conventional flotation plant equipment may be used.
  • the process can be executed in any conventional mechanical flotation cells or column cells. While it is possible to conduct the process in mechanical flotation cells especially for ores having a high content of fine particles, as for example P80 of less than 50 pm, the use of column flotation cells has proven to be advantageous.
  • the particle size can be determined by wet sieving according to ASTM E276 - 13 wherein sieves of different openings are used. P80 represents the diameter of openings through which eighty percent of the particles pass while D50 represents the diameter of the particle that 50 wt.-% of a sample's mass is smaller than and 50 wt.-% of a sample's mass is larger than.
  • the enrichment process can be accomplished in one or more subsequent flotation cells.
  • the collector composition is added to the pulp, preferably in the flotation cell.
  • a suitable period of conditioning time of the pulp is required, for example at least one minute and sometimes as much as 10 or 15 minutes.
  • air is injected at the bottom of the flotation cell and the air bubbles so formed rise to the surface, thereby generating a froth on the surface.
  • the injection of air may be continued until no more froth is formed, which may be for at least one minute and as much as 15 or 20 minutes.
  • the froth is collected and removed from the flotation cell.
  • the treatment of the residual slurry is repeated in a similar manner at least once. Often it is sufficient to repeat the treatment of the residual slurry once. In some instances it has been found to be advantageous to repeat the treatment more often as for example between three and ten times and especially between 4 and 6 times.
  • the collector composition according to the invention is preferably added to the pulp in an amount of 1 to 1 ,000 g/to, more preferably in amount of 10 to 500 g/to and especially preferred in an amount of 20 to 100 g/to of ore present in the pulp, as for example in an amount of 1 to 500 g/to, or in an amount of 1 to 100 g/to, or in an amount of 10 to 1 ,000 g/to, or in an amount of 10 to 100 g/to, or in an amount of 20 to 1 ,000 g/to, or in an amount of 20 to 500 g/to of ore present in the pulp.
  • the collector composition may be applied to the flotation pulp as such or as a solution respectively as an emulsion.
  • Preferred solvent respectively dispersion medium is water, although mixtures of water with an alcohol may equally be used.
  • the cationic flotation process is conducted in a pH range of between 7.0 and 12.0, such as between 7.5 and 11.0 and especially between 8.0 and 10.5.
  • the best suited pH to some extent depends on the kind of mineral to be floated: while a pH of 8 has often been proven to be most efficient for the flotation of silicates in a magnetite ore, a pH of 10 has often proven to be advantageous for the flotation of silicates in a hematite ore.
  • the pH is set, for example, by addition of sodium hydroxide.
  • a depressing agent for the iron ore or phosphate ore is added to the pulp in order to avoid the mineral of interest being discharged with the froth.
  • the depressant may be added directly to the pulp or as part of the collector composition.
  • Suitable and preferred depressants include hydrophilic polysaccharides as for example cellulose ethers, such as methyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, ethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose and sulphomethyl cellulose; hydrophilic gums, such as carrageenan, [3-glucan, guar gum, xanthan gum, gum arabic, gum karaya, gum tragacanth and gum ghatti, alginates; and starch derivatives, such as carboxymethyl starch and phosphate starch.
  • Especially preferred hydrophilic polysaccharides are gelatinized starches.
  • starches have only limited solubility in cold water their solubility must be improved, for example in a process known as gelatinization.
  • Starch gelatinization can be realized by thermal gelatinization or alkali gelatinization.
  • Preferred starches for the process according to the invention are maize starch and com starch activated by treatment with alkali.
  • the depressing agent is added to the pulp preferably in an amount of about 10 to about 2,500 g per ton of ore and more preferably in an amount of 100 to 1 ,000 g/to of ore, as for example between 10 and 1 ,000 g/to or between 100 and 2,500 g/to of ore.
  • the pulp is conditioned in the presence of the depressant for at least one minute and up to for as much as 10 or 15 minutes as for example 5 minutes prior to the addition of the collector composition.
  • the pulp contains at least one further additive selected from pH-regulators, modifiers, dispersants and/or co-collectors.
  • a froth-regulator can be added on a convenient occasion before the froth flotation.
  • conventional froth regulators include methylisobutyl carbinol and alcohols having between six and 12 carbon atoms, such as ethylhexanol, and optionally alkoxylated with ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide.
  • the collector composition, the process for enriching an iron ore or phosphate ore and the use of the composition according to the invention are especially advantageous for the enrichment of magnetite (FesCU), hematite (Fe2O3), goethite (Fe2O3xH2O), or apatite (Ca5(PO4)3(F,CI,OH).
  • the invention is particularly suitable for the enrichment of hematite and magnetite.
  • the invention is especially advantageous for processing of iron ores, for instance hematite containing high silica contents, for instance at least 20% by weight of iron ore, often at least 30%, and even at least 40% or more, for instance up to 60% or 70% or more.
  • the process is especially suited for crude iron ores containing from 3 % to 50 wt.-% silica and iron from 10 to 65 wt.-%, related to the weight of the ore.
  • recovery rate means the ratio of the iron or phosphate recovered in the concentrate obtained from the flotation process in relation to the initial total iron and phosphate mass in the crude ore.
  • improvement of collector performance and “improving the collector performance” mean
  • the collectors A to G were tested in the direct flotation of silicates in an iron ore sample from flotation feed.
  • the iron ore sample used for this study was characterized in terms of chemical analysis and particle size analysis with the results given in Table 3 (hereinafter also referred to as crude iron ore).
  • the content of silicate in the ores was determined by a gravimetric method.
  • the ore was decomposed by an acid attack (HCI) leading to the dissolution of metal oxides and metal hydroxides, and leaving insoluble silicates as the residue.
  • HCI acid attack
  • the iron content of the ores was determined by a titration method wherein the sample was decomposed by an acid attack (HCI), trivalent iron was reduced to bivalent iron by addition of stannous chloride (SnC ) and mercury chloride (HgCI) and the iron content was determined by titration with potassium dichromate (K 2 Cr 2 O 7 ).
  • HCI acid attack
  • SnC stannous chloride
  • HgCI mercury chloride
  • the particle size was determined by wet sieving according to ASTM E276 - 13 wherein sieves of different openings were used. The results of this analysis are given in the table 2 below.
  • P80 represents the diameter of openings through which eighty percent of the particles pass;
  • D50 represents the diameter of the particle that 50 wt.-% of a sample's mass is smaller than and 50 wt.-% of a sample's mass is larger than;
  • %-38 pm represents the percentage of particles smaller than 38 pm.
  • the flotation tests were done in laboratory scale using a Denver Flotation Cell D12 apparatus at a temperature of about 25°C according to the following procedure: A sample with 1 kilogram of the respective crude iron ore was charged to the flotation cell of 1 .5 I volume and water was added in order to prepare a pulp of 50 wt.-% of solids content. The stirrer was set to a speed of 1200 rpm and the pulp was homogenized for 1 minute. Then, a depressant (corn starch alkalized with NaOH in a weight ratio of starch to NaOH of 6:1 ) was added in a dosage rate of 600 mg/kg in respect to the dried ore. The pulp was conditioned under stirring for 5 minutes.
  • the pH of the pulp was controlled and, if necessary, adjusted to 10.0 by further addition of NaOH.
  • a collector composition according to Table 1 was added in the required dosage of dry ore. For ease of handling the collector compositions were applied as aqueous solutions of 1 wt.-% by weight active. The collector was conditioned in the ore pulp for 1 minute. Then air flow was started and froth flotation was done for 3 minutes. The floated mass (tailings) and the depressed mass (concentrated iron ore) were collected in separate bowls and dried in a lab oven. Both samples (depressed and floated) were then analyzed in respect to weight, SiCh content and iron content according to the methods described above.
  • Fe content - Concentrate (wt.-%): content of Fe present in the concentrate (non floated mass).
  • Fe content - Tailings (wt.-%): content of Fe present in the tailings (floated mass).
  • SiO2 content - Tailings (wt.-%): content of SiO2 present in the tailings (floated mass).
  • Fe. Recovery (wt.-%): weight ratio of iron mass recovered in the concentrate (non floated mass) in relation to the total mass of iron in the crude iron ore.
  • Targets considered for this flotation trials are Fe content higher than 65 wt. - % in the concentrate and silicate lower than 3 wt. - % in the concentrate. A higher wt. - % of the Fe Recovery is better.
  • Collectors A, B and F were tested in the direct flotation of silicates in a phosphate ore sample from flotation feed.
  • the phosphate ore sample used for this study was characterized in terms of chemical analysis and particle size analysis with the results given in Table 5.
  • the content of SiChand P2O5 in the ores was determined by X-ray fluorescence.
  • the particle size was determined by wet sieving according to ASTM E276 - 13 wherein sieves of different openings were used. The results of this analysis are given in the table 7 below.
  • P80 represents the diameter of openings through which eighty percent of the particles pass;
  • D50 represents the diameter of the particle that 50 wt.-% of a sample's mass is smaller than and 50 wt.-% of a sample's mass is larger than;
  • %-38 pm represents the percentage of particles smaller than 38 pm.
  • Table 5 Characterization of the crude iron ores used for flotation tests
  • the flotation tests were done in laboratory scale using a Denver Flotation Cell D12 apparatus at a temperature of about 25°C according to the following procedure: A sample with 0.5 kilogram of the respective crude iron ore was charged to the flotation cell of 4.0 I volume and water was added in order to prepare a pulp of 15 wt.-% of solids content. The stirrer was set to a speed of 1300 rpm and the pulp was homogenized for 1 minute. The pH of the pulp was monitored, and flotation occurs under pulp natural pH (7.5). A collector composition according to Table 4 was added in the required dosage of dry ore. For ease of handling the collector compositions were applied as aqueous solutions of 1 wt.-% by weight active. The collector was conditioned in the ore pulp for 1 minute.
  • SiO2 content in concentrate (wt.-%): content of SiO2 present in the concentrated phosphate ore (depressed mass).
  • SiO2 content in tailings (wt.-%): content of SiO2 present in the tailings (floated mass).
  • P2O5 Recovery (wt.-%): weight ratio of P2O5 mass recovered in the concentrate (depressed mass) in relation to the total mass of P2O5 in the feed.
  • Targets considered for these flotation trials are P2O5 content higher than 29 wt.-% % in the concentrate and SiO2 lower than 5 wt. - % in the concentrate. A higher wt. - % of the P2O5 Recovery is better.

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Procédé ou utilisation d'au moins une diamine d'éther hydroxyle pour améliorer un procédé de flottation par mousse de silicates. Par comparaison avec les monoamines d'éther de référence, des diamines d'éther ou des mélanges de celles-ci, la performance de sélectivité des diamines d'éther hydroxyle est significativement meilleure, fournissant des récupérations plus élevées pour le minéral d'intérêt.
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