Biosurfactants: An Overview of Their Properties, Production, and Application in Mineral Flotation

CR Simões, MWP da Silva, RFM de Souza, RR Hacha… - Resources, 2024 - mdpi.com
The quest for sustainable mining processes has directed research towards environmentally
friendly alternatives to conventional beneficiation practices, with biosurfactants emerging as …

Research Status and Challenges of High-Purity Quartz Processing Technology from a Mineralogical Perspective in China

R Zhang, C Tang, W Ni, J Yuan, Y Zhou, X Liu - Minerals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Quartz deposits are widely dispersed in nature, but the presence of ore bodies capable of
yielding high-purity quartz is exceedingly rare. As a result, the effective purification and …

[HTML][HTML] Interaction Between Nonionic Surfactants and Alkyl Amidoamine Cationic Collector in the Reverse Flotation of Iron Ore

JTG Junior, FPC Silvas, CLT Bittencourt, VJ de Morais… - Minerals, 2024 - mdpi.com
This paper evaluates the performance of four ethoxylated nonionic surfactants (nonyl phenol
vs. C13 alcohols) to act as ancillary collectors with Alkyl Amidoamine (AAA) in the reverse …

Effects of Hydrogen Bonds between Ethoxylated Alcohols and Sodium Oleate on Collecting Performance in Flotation of Quartz

N Zhang, J Li, J Kou, C Sun - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Hydrogen bonds play an important role in the interaction between surfactants. In this study,
the effect of three different ethoxylated alcohols (OP-10, NP-10, AEO-9) on the collecting …

Effective flotation separation of brucite and serpentine using eco-friendly PCE-11 as a novel regulator

J Yao, F Xue, W Yin, Y Xie, X Yin, X Gong… - Separation Science …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In this study, sodium oleate (NaOL) was employed as a collector to examine the role and
adsorption mechanism of a novel regulator, the polyether polycarboxylate superplasticizer …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced Flotation Separation of Iron and Silicon with Branched Block Polyethylene Oxide Polypropylene Oxide and Sodium Oleate: Mechanisms and …

Y Jiang, C Sun, J Kou - Minerals, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study explores the strengthening mechanism of the surfactant branched block
polyethylene oxide–polypropylene oxide (BB-PEO-PPO) in sodium oleate (NaOL) flotation …