Effect and mechanism of octanol in cassiterite flotation using benzohydroxamic acid as collector

The effect of octanol in cassiterite flotation using benzohydroxamic acid (BHA) as a collector was investigated. Theadsorption mechanism of octanol and BHA on the surface of cassiterite was analyzed by adsorption experiments and infrared spectraanalysis. Micro-flotation results indicated that single octanol exhibited almost no collecting power to cassiterite over a wide pHrange. However, as an auxiliary collector, octanol could markedly decrease the consumption of collector BHA and keep the recoveryof cassiterite in high level. The results of adsorption experiments and infrared spectra demonstrated that single octanol was notadsorbed on the surface of cassiterite. It formed adsorption connected with BHA on the surface of cassiterite, and enhanced thehydrophobicity of cassiterite. Octanol promoted the adsorption amount of BHA on the cassiterite surface, and decreased theconsumption of BHA.

Benzohydroxamic acid to improve iron removal from potash feldspar ores

The technological mineralogy of the potash feldspar was investigated and a new collector named Yb105 was adopted to remove iron from potash feldspar ores.The technological mineralogy results indicate that the main components of the ore were feldspar,sericite,quartz and kaolinite,and iron mainly existed in limonite and hematite,most of which can be removed by beneficiation.The results show the benzohydroxamic acid can not only increase the recovery of iron and reduce the consumption of oleic acid collector,but also enhance the collecting performance of oleic acid at low temperature,which can realize the flotation of the ores at a low temperature and play an important role in saving energy to some extent.Compared with oleic oil,the benzohydroxamic acid had a great advantage in removing iron from potash feldspar,a potash feldspar concentrate with Fe grade of 0.23%,K2O grade of 12.59%and Na2O grade of 0.26%was obtained by flotation with Yb105 as collector,and the yield of the concentrate was 82.55%.

Effects of particle size and particle interactions on scheelite flotation

Effects of size distribution (particle size and content of fine fraction (<10μm)) on scheelite flotation were studied using flotation tests and theoretical calculations. The results show that particle size influences the scheelite recovery and the performance of combined reagents. The scheelite recovery is lowered by adding fine particles (<10μm) into the pulp containing coarse particles. Extended DLVO (EDLVO) theory confirms that the fine fractions (<10μm) could interface with the coarse fractions. The interaction energy and fluid forces are relative to the particle size, which might explain why the fine fractions influence the scheelite flotation. The highest recovery of scheelite using combined reagents as collector and optimum ratio of combined reagents were determined by scheelite particle size and reagent performance. However, the optimum adding order was only determined by reagent performance, which has nothing to do with particle size.

Selective flotation of smithsonite from dolomite by using novel mixed collector system

A novel mixed collector (BHOA) was prepared by mixing benzohydroxamic acid (BHA) and sodium oleate (NaOL) and applied to the flotation separation of smithsonite from dolomite. Flotation results showed that NaOL alone had good collecting performance on smithsonite and common gangue mineral dolomite but had poor selectivity. By using a BHA/NaOL mixed system with a molar ratio of 2:1, the recoveries of smithsonite and dolomite reached approximately 90% and 5%, respectively. Surface tension analysis showed that the surface activity of BHOA was a little higher than that of a single NaOL because of synergistic effects. Zeta potential and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements indicated that surfactants BHA and NaOL co-absorbed on the smithsonite surface and only NaOL was present on the dolomite surface in the presence of BHOA.

On Water： Free Catalysis Approach for the Synthesis of Nitrones from Hydroxamic Acids and Dimethy/ Diethyl Acetylenedicarboxylate

Benzohydroxamic acid reacts with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate in the presence of 10 mol% NaOAc to gen- erate （E）-N-（1,4-dimethoxy-l,4-dioxobutan-2-ylidene）-l-phenylcarboxamide oxide in good-to-excellent yield in water at room temperature for 2 h, which supplies a simple, efficient and environmentally friendly method to syn- thesize a wide range of nitrones. The benefits of this strategy not only conform to the requirment of green chemisty, but also possess atom economy.

A novel flotation scheme: selective flotation of tungsten minerals from calcium minerals using Pb–BHA complexes in Shizhuyuan

The similar floatabilities of calcium minerals and the huge difference between scheelite and wolframite have resulted in difficulties during their separation by flotation in Shizhuyuan Mine. In this study, novel collectors, lead complexes of benzohydroxamic acid（Pb-BHA）,were introduced to modify the surface properties of scheelite and wolframite, thereby effectively and selectively improving floatability. The Pb-BHA complexes are found to be selective for the separation of scheelite and calcium minerals with little use of depressants and enable the synchronous flotation of scheelite and wolframite.Hence, a novel flotation process was developed for the recovery of tungsten minerals. The process is simplified greatly, and the recovery is improved by almost 10%.Removing or decreasing the amount of water glass contributes to the improvement of tungsten and fluorite recovery and the circulation of water and reagents, which benefits the environment.