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