Analysis of FeS2 Depression by Thioglycolate (C2H3NO2S) During Collectorless Flotation
摘要
An environmental challenge in the mineral flotation process is avoiding the use of cyanide to depress undesirable gangue species, such as pyritePyrite. Therefore, this research focuses on determining the influence of different pH values and quantities of the depressant sodium thioglycolateThioglycolate (TG) C2H3NO2S on the performance of collectorless flotationCollectorless flotation of FeS2. The results indicate that TG depresses iron disulfide at all tested pHs (6.3, 7.3 and 10.0) and concentrations used (0.25, 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5 g/L TG) and pulp potentials around +0.104 V. and 0.24 V. However, at a more alkaline pH (10.0), TG consumption to obtain 17.3% w/w cumulative pyritePyrite flotation at 0.25 g/L is considerably lower than that required (1.5 g/L) at slightly acidic pH (6.3) to achieve 15.7% w/w pyritePyrite flotation.