CLASSIFICATION OF MINERALS ACCORDING TO THEIR CRITICAL SURFACE-TENSION OF WETTING VALUES


OZCAN O.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MINERAL PROCESSING, cilt.34, sa.3, ss.191-204, 1992 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 34 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 1992
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/0301-7516(92)90073-6
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MINERAL PROCESSING
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Aerospace Database, Chemical Abstracts Core, Communication Abstracts, Metadex, DIALNET, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.191-204
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Minerals are classified into three groups according to their critical surface tension of wetting (gamma-c) values measured in methanol/water system: 1. Naturally hydrophobic minerals with gamma-c values between 26 and 35 dyn/cm (talc, sulfur, graphite, molybdenite, orpiment, realgar) which can be easily floated without using any collector 2. Partially hydrophobic minerals with gamma-c values between 35 and 49 dyn/cm (galena, sphalerite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, stibnite). 3. Hydrophilic minerals with gamma-c values about 72 dyn/cm, these cannot be floated without first decreasing their gamma-c values to 26-35 dyn/cm by surface treatment.