The depression mechanism of zinc sulfate(ZnSO4)and sodium dimethyl dithiocarbamate(DMDC)as the combined depressant on sphalerite was investigated by micro-flotation experiments,ion complexing tests,contact angle tests...The depression mechanism of zinc sulfate(ZnSO4)and sodium dimethyl dithiocarbamate(DMDC)as the combined depressant on sphalerite was investigated by micro-flotation experiments,ion complexing tests,contact angle tests and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS)analysis.The micro-flotation tests revealed that ZnSO4+DMDC had a better selective depression effect on sphalerite than using single ZnSO4 or DMDC.Ion complexing tests confirmed that DMDC had a strong complexing capacity with lead ions or hydroxy complexes.Contact angle tests illustrated that ZnSO4+DMDC makes the sphalerite surface more hydrophilic than ZnSO4 or DMDC.XPS analysis indicated that the combined depressant could prevent collector adsorbing on the Pb-activated sphalerite surface by a competitive adsorption method,while the combined depressant and collector were co-adsorbed on galena surface.展开更多
基金Projects(51974364,51904339)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(2018TP1002)supported by the Hunan Province for Clean and Efficiency Utilization of Strategic Calcium-containing Mineral,China。
文摘The depression mechanism of zinc sulfate(ZnSO4)and sodium dimethyl dithiocarbamate(DMDC)as the combined depressant on sphalerite was investigated by micro-flotation experiments,ion complexing tests,contact angle tests and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS)analysis.The micro-flotation tests revealed that ZnSO4+DMDC had a better selective depression effect on sphalerite than using single ZnSO4 or DMDC.Ion complexing tests confirmed that DMDC had a strong complexing capacity with lead ions or hydroxy complexes.Contact angle tests illustrated that ZnSO4+DMDC makes the sphalerite surface more hydrophilic than ZnSO4 or DMDC.XPS analysis indicated that the combined depressant could prevent collector adsorbing on the Pb-activated sphalerite surface by a competitive adsorption method,while the combined depressant and collector were co-adsorbed on galena surface.