甲基取代基对阳离子捕收剂浮选性能的影响

Effect of methyl substituents on flotation performance of cationic collectors

浮选药剂的结构对其性能具有重要影响,向现有药剂中引入适宜的取代基,基于取代基效应实现药剂浮选性能的改变,已成为高性能浮选药剂开发的重要手段.为明确甲基对阳离子捕收剂浮选性能的影响,以十二胺(DDA)、N—十二烷基甲胺(MDA)、N,N—十二烷基二甲基叔胺(DMDA)、十二烷基三甲基氯化铵(DTAC)为样本,通过浮选试验考察了甲基取代基引入对药剂捕收能力和浮选选择性的影响规律,并基于药剂静电势图和极性基范德华体积的计算,明确了甲基对阳离子捕收剂浮选性能的影响机制.浮选试验结果表明,随着阳离子捕收剂中心原子中甲基的引入,石英和赤铁矿单矿物的浮选回收率逐渐降低,但人工混合矿的分离指数升高.给电子基团甲基的引入,改变了阳离子捕收剂的电荷分布密度,促使中心原子上的电荷数增加,削弱了药剂与矿物表面的静电吸附强度,从而导致浮选回收率下降.同时,甲基引入后,阳离子捕收剂中极性基尺寸变大,从而增加了药剂与矿物表面作用的空间位阻,增强了阳离子捕收剂的浮选选择性.

With the implementation of carbon peak and carbon neutrality vision,an amine collector has been extensively applied in reverse flotation of bauxite,iron,and phosphate ores for desiliconization.Previous research indicates that the molecular structure of flotation reagents has a significant influence on their collecting performance and flotation selectivity.Regarding the substituent effect of organics,a method wherein a suitable substituent is inserted into existing reagents has been used to develop new high-performance flotation reagents.To clarify the effect of methyl on collection ability and flotation selectivity of cationic collectors,flotation separation of quartz and hematite has been conducted.C12 alkyl cationic surfactants such as dodecyl amine,dodecyl methylamine,N,N—dimethyl dodecyl amine,and dodecyl trimethyl ammonium chloride were selected as collectors.The active mechanism of methyl on the flotation performance of cationic collectors was also determined by calculating the electrostatic potential of the collectors and the van der Waals volume of its polar group.The collection abilities of cationic collectors were investigated by single mineral flotation.The results indicate that flotation recoveries of quartz and hematite are decreased with the insertion of a methyl group into central atom of a cationic collector.Further,the effect of methyl on selectivity of cationic collectors was investigated by flotation separation of artificially mixed quartz and hematite.The results revealed that the separation efficiency of artificially mixed quartz/hematite is increased gradually due to the drastic reduction in hematite flotation recovery rate.A methyl group is an electron donating group.The calculation and diagramming of electrostatic potential for selected collectors reveal that the charge distribution density of the cationic collector is varied by the introduction of an electron donating group.Consequently,the charge number of central atom is increased,thereby weakening the positive electrostatic potential of the atom and making the electrostatic adsorption strength between collector and mineral surface lower.Therefore,the flotation recovery rate decreased.Meanwhile,the size of a polar group for cationic collectors is enlarged by introducing the methyl group,thus increasing the steric hindrance of reagents and mineral surface interaction and resulting in an increase in flotation selectivity.With an increase in the methyl group number,the flotation separation efficiency of artificially mixed quartz and hematite becomes increasingly high.In the future,obtaining and quantifying correlation parameters of substituents and then explicating the relationship between substituent parameters and flotation performance of cationic collectors would be beneficial to establish a new design method for cationic collectors.