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Improvement of sylvite flotation from halite by starvation feeding the collector octadecylamine
Shoujiang Li1, Bo Xu1, Peng Chen1
1School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology Luoshi Road 122 Wuhan Hubei 430070 China zyl286@whut.edu.cn.
Abstract:
In order to improve the separation of sylvite and halite in SDIC Xinjiang Lop Nur potash Co. Ltd. (SLNP), in this work, the flotation kinetics of sylvite and halite under different collector dosages were investigated. It was observed that the increased speed of halite was much faster than sylvite in terms of flotation rate with an increase in octadecylamine hydrochloride (ODA) dosage. The reason for the upward floating of halite explored by SEM-EDS was that sylvite was locked with halite, thus it can float up along with sylvite. According to the analysis results, a strategy of starvation feeding the collector was employed to increase the flotation rate difference between sylvite and halite, and consequently improve the separation of sylvite and halite. It has been demonstrated that starvation feeding the collector is an efficient method for obtaining high grade sylvite, because it can not only improve the separation of sylvite and halite but also decrease the consumption of ODA in the flotation process.
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