1st Edition

Reagents in Mineral Technology

By P. Somasundaran Copyright 1988

    Reagents in Mineral Technology provides comprehensive coverage of both basic as well asapplied aspects of reagents utilized in the minerals industry.This outstanding, single-source reference opens with an explicit account of flotation fundamentals,including coverage of wetting phenomena, mineral/water interfacial phenomena, flo tationchemistry, and flocculation and dispersion of mineral suspensions.It then discusses flotation of sulfide and nonsulfide minerals, with attention to formation ofclithiolates, formation of metal thiol compounds, application of fatty acids, sulfosuccinic acids,amines, and other collectors.Reagents in Mineral Technology also reviews adsorption of surfactants on minerals .. .details adsorption of polymers .. . and considers the chemistry and application of chelation agentsin minerals separations.Additional chapters consider grinding aids, frothers, inorganic and polymeric depressants,dewatering and filtering aids, analytical techniques, and much more.Unique in its depth of coverage, Reagents in Mineral Technology will prove an invaluablereference for mineral engineers and processors; analytical, surface, colloid, and physical chemists;petroleum, petrochemical, metallurgical, and mining engineers; and for use in advancedundergraduate- and graduate-level courses in these and related fields.

    Preface

    Contributors

    Flotation Fundamentals

    Douglas W. Fuerstenau and Ronaldo H. Urbina

    Floatation of Sulfide Minerals

    Ronald Woods

    Absorption of Surfactants on Minerals

    Brij M. Moudgil, P. Somasundaran, and Heriban Sota

    Adsorption of Polymers

    Gerard J. Fleer

    Grinding Aids

    Hassan E. El-Shall

    Grinding Aids Based on Slurry Rheology Control

    Richard R. Klimpel

    Anionic Collectors in Nonsulfide Mineral Flotation

    Surendra K. Mishra

    Cationic and Amphoteric Collectors

    Ross W. Smith

    The Chemistry and Application of Chelating or Complexing Agents in Mineral Separations

    D. R. Nagaraj

    Collectors for Sulfide Mineral Flotation

    Frank F. Aplan and S. Chander

    Xanthates

    Guy H. Harris

    Frothers

    Richard R, Klimpel and Robert D. Hansen

    Activators

    Maurice C. Fuerstenau and Kenneth N. Han

    Inorganic Depressants for Sulfide Minerals

    S. Chander

    Polymeric Depressants

    K. F. Lin and Charles L. Burdick

    Polymeric Flocculants

    Samantha V. Krishnan and Yosry A. Attia

    Industrial Coagulants and Flocculants

    Paul F. Richardson and Lawrence J. Connelly

    Dewatering/Filtering Aids

    Morris E. Lewellyn and Peter V. Avotins

    Reagents in Iron Ore Processing

    David C. Yang

    Reagents in Phosphate Floatation

    Yasuyuki Tanaka, Nobuki Katayama, and Sumio Arai

    The Industrial Practice of Sulfide Mineral Collectors

    Richard R. Klimpel

    Determination of Flotation Reagents in Sulfide Mineral Flotation Liquors and Effluents

    Michael H. Jones and James T. Woodcock

    Author Index

    Subject Index

    Biography

    P. Somasundaran