Enhanced dispersion-magnetic separation tests for micro-fine titanomagnetite in Panxi area
Due to the heterogeneous coagulation of fine-grained gangue minerals and titanomagnetite in the mixed rough concentrate of a fine-grained titanomagnetite in Panxi area,the iron extraction and im-purity reduction index of conventional low-intensity magnetic separation is poor.The enhanced disper-sion-magnetic separation can effectively improve the separation effect and improve the separation in-dex.In order to strengthen the separation of fine-grained iron minerals in the ore samples,the experi-mental study on the process conditions of enhanced dispersion-magnetic separation was carried out to investigate the effects of dispersant type,dispersant dosage,slurry pH,magnetic field strength and oth-er factors on the separation effect.The test results show that under the conditions of 20%slurry concen-tration,mechanical stirring speed of 1 992 r/min,stirring time of 3 min,dosage of SHMP of 1 000 g/t,slurry pH of 10 and magnetic field strength of 300 kA/m,a good index of 57.69%iron grade in concen-trate and 98.10%iron recovery was obtained.Compared with the results of direct magnetic separation,the iron grade increased by 1.26%.DLVO theoretical analysis shows that sodium hexametaphosphate increases the electrostatic repulsion between titanomagnetite and titanaugite by reducing the surface po-tential of titanomagnetite and titanaugite,thus weakening the heterogeneous coagulation of fine gangue minerals and titanomagnetite.
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