Development of methods for determining the floatability of minerals for effective design of flotation technology

Reducing the efficiency of processing technologies due to the reduction in the share of ores with high content of valuable components in the mineral resource base is a pressing problem for the mineral processing industry. One of the directions for solving this problem is the use of modern research methods for studying the material properties and features of production processes to substantiate and select directions in new approaches to the development of technologies for mineral processing . The article proposes a method for assessing the mineral hydrophobicity based on the results of the analysis of surface properties. As a result of the work, the choice of a collector mixture for the flotation of copper-nickel ores was substantiated by the assessment of the surface properties.

Kuznetsov V. V., Aleksandrova T. N. Development of methods for determining the floatability of minerals for effective design of flotation technology. MIAB. Mining Inf. Anal. Bull. 2022;(10-1):145—154. [In Russ]. DOI: 10.25018/0236_1493_2022_101_0_145.

The work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project No. 19-17-00096).

Aleksandrova T. N.¹, Dr. Sci. (Eng.), Corresponding Member of Russian Academy of sciences, Professor, Head of the Mineral Processing department, e-mail: Aleksandrova_TN@pers.spmi.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-3069-0001;
Kuznetsov V. V.¹, PhD student, e-mail: valentinvadimovichkuznetsov@gmail.com, ORCID ID: 0000-0001-6159-316X,
¹ Saint-Petersburg Mining University, 199106, Saint-Petersburg, Russia.

Kuznetsov V. V., e-mail: valentinvadimovichkuznetsov@gmail.com.

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