Froth flotation process
AssigneeAmerican Cyanamid Company
InventorsSamuel S. Wang, Michael J. Scanlon
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Abstract
A process for the recovery of mineral values by froth flotation in an aqueous medium employing a novel frother. Frothers prepared by Michael addition between alpha, beta-unsaturated ethylenic compounds and either alcohols, amines or mercaptans or by the condensation of HCN, aldehydes/ketones with either alcoholics, amines or mercaptans have been found to be effective in the froth flotation system and capable of reducing the required collector consumption.
Claims14
A process for collecting mineral values from a sulfide ore wherein said process comprises mixing ground ore with water to form an aqueous ore pulp, adding to said aqueous ore pulp an effective amount of a frother, aerating said aqueous ore pulp and thereafter recovering said mineral values, wherein the frother is of the general structure:
- ##STR19## wherein R is taken from the group consisting of a saturated aliphatic radical of 1 to 12 carbon atoms, inclusive, a phenyl and an alkylaryl wherein the alkyl group consists of a saturated aliphatic radical of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, inclusive, W is taken from the group consisting of oxygen, imino and alkyl substituted imino wherein the alkyl radical consists of a saturated aliphatic radical of 1 to 12 carbon atoms, inclusive, n is an integer of 1 to 4, inclusive, and X and Y are individually either hydrogen or a saturated aliphatic radical of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, inclusive.
A process for collecting mineral values from an ore wherein said process comprises mixing ground ore with water to form an aqueous ore pulp, adding to said aqueous ore pulp an effective amount of a frother, aerating said aqueous ore pulp and thereafter recovering said mineral values, wherein the frother is of the general structure:
- ##STR20## wherein R is taken from the group consisting of a saturated aliphatic radical of 1 to 12 carbon atoms, inclusive, a phenyl and an alkylaryl wherein the alkyl group consists of a saturated aliphatic radical of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, inclusive;
- n is an integer of 1 to 4, inclusive, X and Y are individually either hydrogen or a saturated aliphatic radical of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, inclusive;
- and Z is taken from the group consisting of ##STR21## wherein R" and R"' are aliphatic radicals having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, inclusive.
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