According to the physical and chemical properties of different minerals in the ore, after crushing and grinding it, gravity separation, flotation, magnetic separation and electric separation are used to separate useful minerals from gangue minerals, and various symbiotic (associated) useful minerals are separated from each other as far as possible to remove or reduce harmful impurities, so as to obtain raw materials for smelting or other industries. Beneficiation can enrich the useful components in minerals, reduce the consumption of fuel and transportation in smelting or other processing processes, and make the low-grade ores be used economically. 

The data obtained from beneficiation test are the main basis for ore deposit evaluation and plant design.

The reagents used in flotation mainly include collector, frother, regulator, inhibitor and activator, etc.

Collector is one of the most important flotation agents, which can change the surface hydrophobicity of minerals and make floating particles adhere to bubbles.

Frother is a kind of surfactant that can reduce the surface tension of water and form foam, so that the air bubbles in air flotation pulp can be attached to the mineral particles that float on the surface selectively.

Regulator can adjust the interaction between other reagents (mainly collectors) and mineral surface, adjust the properties of pulp and improve the selectivity of mineral.

Inhibitor's mechanism is to form a hydrophilic film on the surface of the ore particles, so as to achieve the purpose of inhibition.

Activator is used to dissolve the inhibition film on mineral surface.

This time, I will give you a detailed introduction of the reagents often used in mineral processing: PBX, MIBC and Q25 .

PBX-Butyl xanthate sodium(potassium):

It is a collector of moderate ability and good selectivity. And it is suitable for chalcopyrite, sphalerite iron pyrite and sphalerite activated, etc. It can also be used from copper sulfide flotation of sulfide ore.

Things should be paid attention when talks about the storage and transport are that moisture, waterproof, anti-exposure, and be away from any hot objects or fire.

MIBC-Methyl isobutyl carbinol:

In the lead-zinc around the world, fine grade copper ore and molybdenum sulfide ore and non-ferrous metallic mineral excellent foaming agent is mainly used for non-ferrous oxide ores or mud containing a large quantity of foaming agent during the separation. It is widely used in gold processing, to improve the quality of concentrate particularly effective.

Things should be paid attention when talks about the storage and transport are that moisture, waterproof, anti-exposure, and be away from any hot objects or fire.

Q25:

It is amber or dark brown oily liquid, light odour, especially pertinent for mining of high clay content oxidized ore, nonferrous mines and precious metal ores, etc. Homogeneous moderate size foam, good mineralization effect, to improve the concentrate grade.

In industrial production, when adding beneficiation reagents, it is necessary to pay attention to the following：

It is necessary to carefully study the properties of the ore, and determine the technological process of mineral processing and the reagents (types and dosage) used for mineral processing on this basis. In the use of flotation reagents, we must try our best to achieve both appropriate and accurate.

Y&X Beijing Technology Co., Ltd, located in Beijing, China, has been long term engaged in mining technology research, R&D of beneficiation reagent used in nonferrous metals ore, rare metal ore, non-metal ores and other mines, and mining technology service.

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