摘要
Electrostatic separation is one of the mineral processing methods based on mineral conductivity.This method has some significant problems such as being sensitive to humidity,high middling product,and impurity of non-conductive minerals.In this study,a new pretreatment method was proposed for the separation of zircon from quartz before electrostatic separation to solve these disadvantages.In this regard,two stages of pretreatment were applied which involved using collector of sodium dodecyl sulfate(SDS)for adjusting wettability of the zircon surface and spraying electrolyte aqueous solution to increase conductivity of the quartz surface.The effects of important parameters including pH,collector concentration,conditioning time,and concentration and type of electrolyte on the process efficiency were evaluated.The results showed that the optimal conditions of high-tension electrical separation were pH of 4,SDS concentration of 1×10-4 mol/L,conditioning time of 4 min and NaCl as an electrolyte with concentration of 4.27 mol/L.Separation efficiency of 95.12% was achieved in optimum conditions.This pretreatment method can be successfully used before high-tension electrical separation to separate the conductive or non-conductive minerals with various compositions.
静电选矿是一种基于矿物导电性的矿物加工方法。但该方法存在一些严重问题,如对湿度敏感,中矿产率高和含有非导电矿物杂质。为克服这些缺点,本文作者提出一种新的预处理方法,用于在静电选矿前从石英中分离锆石。预处理包括两个阶段:一是使用十二烷基硫酸钠(SDS)作捕集剂调节锆石表面的润湿性,二是喷洒电解质水溶液以提高石英表面的导电性。考察pH值、捕集剂浓度、调节时间、电解质浓度和种类等重要参数对分选效率的影响。研究表明,高压电选的最佳条件如下:pH值为4,SDS浓度为1×10-4 mol/L,调节时间为4 min,NaCl为电解质,其浓度为4.27 mol/L,最佳条件下的分选效率为95.12%。该预处理方法可成功地应用于高压电选前各种组成的导电性或非导电性矿物的分选。
