Experimental study on flotation desilication of a sedimentary high-iron bauxite in Yunnan province
A flotation desilication experiment was conducted on the sedimentary high-iron diaspore bauxite in Yunnan.The influence of grinding fine-ness,slurry pH value and collector dosage on flotation desilication efficiency was investigated.Under the test conditions of grinding fineness of 90%(per-centage of-0.074 mm grain size),pH value of 9.5 and collector dosage of 700 g/t,a closed circuit experiment was conducted using"one rough selec-tion,two fine selections,and one sweeping".The flotation concentrate yield was 82.30%,the alumina content was 57.26%,the silicon dioxide content was 4.23%,the aluminum silicon ratio of the concentrate was 13.54,and the recovery rate of alumina was 89.03%,with obvious flotation effect a-chieved as well.