Removing iron by magnetic separation from a potash feldspar ore

Abstract

A new permanent magnetic separator was introduced to treat the ores with the characteristics of weak magnetic iron minerals and in a fine size range. The new machine was applied to the iron removal from potash feldspar. The effects of the magnetic field intensity, pulp density and grinding fineness on the iron removal were investigated. The optimized operation parameters were achieved and listed as follows: the −0.074 mm content is 85%, the pulp density is 45% and the magnetic field strength is 2T. A close test of middles regrinding was also carried out to improve concentrate yield. The data show that the grade of TFe(total iron) in potash feldspar product decreased from 1.31% to 0.21% and the concentrate yield reached 85.32%. All the results indicated that the traditonal high-intensity electromagnetic separators can be betterly substituted by the new permanent magnetic separator. This study may provide the theoretical evidence for iron removal from potash feldspar.

Keywords

high intensity permanent magnetic separator / potash feldspar / removing iron / middles regrinding

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