Potassium ferrate(K_(2)FeO_(4)) was used as a novel environmental-friendly depressant,and its inhibition effect on flotation performance of arsenopyrite and chalcopyrite using potassium ethyl xanthate(PEX)as a collect...Potassium ferrate(K_(2)FeO_(4)) was used as a novel environmental-friendly depressant,and its inhibition effect on flotation performance of arsenopyrite and chalcopyrite using potassium ethyl xanthate(PEX)as a collector was investigated by flotation experiments,contact angle measurements,adsorption measurements,localized electrochemical impedance spectroscopy(LEIS)measurements,and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS)analyses.The results showed that K_(2)FeO_(4)strongly depressed arsenopyrite in a pH range of 4−11,and the flotation separation of chalcopyrite from arsenopyrite could be realized in the presence of 5×10^(−4)mol/L K_(2)FeO_(4)and 5×10^(−5)mol/L PEX at pH 8 or 10.In the presence of K_(2)FeO_(4) and PEX,the contact angle and the xanthate adsorption capacity of arsenopyrite decreased significantly.LEIS measurements showed that the addition of ferrate could significantly increase the impedance of the arsenopyrite surface.XPS analyses further confirmed that ferrate accelerated the oxidation of arsenopyrite surface.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.52074139,51904129)Basic Research Project of Yunnan Province,China(No.202001AU070028)+2 种基金Basic Research Project for High-level Talents of Yunnan Province,China(No.KKS2202152011)Open Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization,China(No.CNMRCUKF1602)the Testing and Analyzing Funds of Kunming University of Science and Technology,China(No.2020T20150055).
文摘Potassium ferrate(K_(2)FeO_(4)) was used as a novel environmental-friendly depressant,and its inhibition effect on flotation performance of arsenopyrite and chalcopyrite using potassium ethyl xanthate(PEX)as a collector was investigated by flotation experiments,contact angle measurements,adsorption measurements,localized electrochemical impedance spectroscopy(LEIS)measurements,and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS)analyses.The results showed that K_(2)FeO_(4)strongly depressed arsenopyrite in a pH range of 4−11,and the flotation separation of chalcopyrite from arsenopyrite could be realized in the presence of 5×10^(−4)mol/L K_(2)FeO_(4)and 5×10^(−5)mol/L PEX at pH 8 or 10.In the presence of K_(2)FeO_(4) and PEX,the contact angle and the xanthate adsorption capacity of arsenopyrite decreased significantly.LEIS measurements showed that the addition of ferrate could significantly increase the impedance of the arsenopyrite surface.XPS analyses further confirmed that ferrate accelerated the oxidation of arsenopyrite surface.
