{"title":"ZETA POTENTIAL OF POLISH COPPER-BEARING SHALE IN THE ABSENCE AND PRESENCE OF FLOTATION FROTHERS","authors":"Mengsu Peng, T. Ratajczak, J. Drzymała","doi":"10.5277/MS142105","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, zeta potential as a function of pH of copper-bearing shale, which is mined in Poland by KGHM, was investigated. The measurements were conducted in water and aqueous solutions of selected flotation frothers. It was established that for investigated copper-bearing shale, after dispersion in water, the isoelectric point (IEP) occurs at pH=3.5. Addition of frothers decreased the IEP on the pH scale and the IEP for butanol was 1.93, for MIBC 2.90 and for eicosaethylene glycol hexadecyl ether (C16E20) 2.76. In the case of introducing frothers changed, the zeta potential becomes less negative. An empirical equation, having two adjustable parameters, was used in the paper to approximate the course of the zeta potential-pH curve. The equation showed a very good approximation of the zeta potential of the investigated shale either in water or frother aqueous solutions.","PeriodicalId":43629,"journal":{"name":"Mining Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3000,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Mining Science","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5277/MS142105","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Earth and Planetary Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In this paper, zeta potential as a function of pH of copper-bearing shale, which is mined in Poland by KGHM, was investigated. The measurements were conducted in water and aqueous solutions of selected flotation frothers. It was established that for investigated copper-bearing shale, after dispersion in water, the isoelectric point (IEP) occurs at pH=3.5. Addition of frothers decreased the IEP on the pH scale and the IEP for butanol was 1.93, for MIBC 2.90 and for eicosaethylene glycol hexadecyl ether (C16E20) 2.76. In the case of introducing frothers changed, the zeta potential becomes less negative. An empirical equation, having two adjustable parameters, was used in the paper to approximate the course of the zeta potential-pH curve. The equation showed a very good approximation of the zeta potential of the investigated shale either in water or frother aqueous solutions.
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Mining Scince. Scientific Papers of the Department Geoengineering, Mining and Geology of the Wroclaw University of Technology. The journal publishes original papers on mining and geology, geo-engineering and the related issues. The journal is devoted to the following topics: fundamental research in mining, underground and open-cast mining technologies, blasting technology, design and construction of mines, geomechanics and geotechnical engineering, mine ventilation, fluid mechanics and its application in mining, mining machinery and condition monitoring, mineral processing, environmental protection and waste utilization. The journal also accepts papers concerns geoengineering which is a sciences covering mining construction, geotechnical engineering, GIS, and earth sciences.