Effectiveness of sodium silicate as gangue depressants in iron ore slimes flotation

Danda Srinivas Rao; Tadiparthi Venkata VijayaKumar; Sripada Subba Rao; Swarna Prabhakar; Guntamadugu Bhaskar Raju

doi:10.1007/s12613-011-0471-4

International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy, and Materials ›› 2011, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (5) : 515 -522. DOI: 10.1007/s12613-011-0471-4

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Effectiveness of sodium silicate as gangue depressants in iron ore slimes flotation

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The recovery of iron from the screw classifier overflow slimes by direct flotation was studied. The relative effectiveness of sodium silicates with different silica-to-soda mole ratios as depressants for silica and silicate bearing minerals was investigated. Silica-to-soda mole ratio and silicate dosage were found to have significant effect on the separation efficiency. The results show that an increase of Fe content in the concentrate is observed with concomitant reduction in SiO₂ and Al₂O₃ levels when a particular type of sodium silicate at a proper dosage is used. The concentrate of 58.89wt% Fe, 4.68wt% SiO₂, and 5.28wt% Al₂O₃ with the weight recovery of 38.74% and the metal recovery of 41.13% can be obtained from the iron ore slimes with 54.44wt% Fe, 6.72wt% SiO₂, and 6.80wt% Al₂O₃, when Na₂SiO₃ with a silica-to-soda mole ratio of 2.19 is used as a depressant at a feed rate of 0.2 kg/t.

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iron ores / sodium silicate / depressants / flotation

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Danda Srinivas Rao, Tadiparthi Venkata VijayaKumar, Sripada Subba Rao, Swarna Prabhakar, Guntamadugu Bhaskar Raju. Effectiveness of sodium silicate as gangue depressants in iron ore slimes flotation. International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy, and Materials, 2011, 18(5): 515-522 DOI:10.1007/s12613-011-0471-4

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