Explaining surface interactions for common associated gangues of rare earth minerals in response to the oxalic acid

作     者：Saeed Chehreh Chelgani Brian Hart 

作者机构：Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science University of Michigan Surface Science Western University of Western Ontario 

出 版 物：《International Journal of Mining Science and Technology》 (矿业科学技术学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2018年第28卷第2期

页      面：343-346页

核心收录：

学科分类：0808[工学-电气工程] 0709[理学-地质学] 0819[工学-矿业工程] 08[工学] 0807[工学-动力工程及工程热物理] 0708[理学-地球物理学] 0818[工学-地质资源与地质工程] 0815[工学-水利工程] 0813[工学-建筑学] 0814[工学-土木工程] 

基　　金：funded through a NSERC CRD grant to Dr. Hart 

主　　题：Oxalic acid Rare earth Silicate Carbonate TOF-SIMS 

摘      要：In the flotation of rare earth minerals(REMs), oxalic acid is reportedly acting both as a depressant and p H modifier. Although results of testing have established the significance of oxalic acid in the flotation process, its specific role in either the recovery or selectivity of REMs over their common gangue minerals is not well understood. Pulp p H reduction trials with alternative acids have not shown the same effect on the REMs recovery or the depression of gangue phases. This work studies the effect of oxalic acid on the surface of common REMs gangue minerals(quartz and carbonates(dolomite and calcite)) in a series of conditioning tests. Gangue surface analyses by time of flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy(TOFSIMS) indicate that oxalic acid inhibits the transfer of secondary ions generated during the conditioning process from one mineral to another. In this regard, the oxalate anion acts to fix ions in solution through chelation, limiting their participation in surface adsorption.