Depressants are critical reagents for the selective separation of minerals in froth flotation.
They serve a vital role in preferentially making the gangue minerals hydrophilic and prevent …

Talc is a naturally hydrophobic gangue mineral in most sulfide ores. However, talc has vast
applications in the cosmetics, paper, and paint industries due to its high chemical stability …

Flotation separation of apatite and calcite has always been difficult because of their similar
physiochemical properties. To realize the flotation separation of the two minerals, many …

Dolomite is a common vein mineral in scheelite, but how to selectively suppress dolomite in
flotation of scheelite has not been addressedin the past research works. In this paper, the …

Arsenopyrite is a hazardous substance exist in copper concentrate, thus causing serious
environmental pollution during the smelting process. However, the selective depression of …

As a typical gangue mineral in many sulfide deposits, naturally hydrophobic talc needs to be
depressed by adding depressants to achieve a good flotation separation. Conventional talc …

The surface chemistry of chalcopyrite (Cpy) and pyrite (Py) in presence of water containing
with Mg and Ca was studied using gum acacia (GA), xanthomonas campestris (XC) and …

In this work, we investigated the flotation performance and selective adsorption mechanism
of a chitosan derivative NMPC (N-methylene phosphonic chitosan) as an novel talc …

The flotation separation of bastnaesite and monazite is challenging due to their similar
physicochemical properties and floatability. In this work, an environmentally friendly …

Talc is one of the most problematic gangue minerals for molybdenite flotation owing to its
strong natural hydrophobicity. In this work, pullulan polysaccharide (PU) was evaluated as a …