Environmentally benign depressant for selective separation of minerals /

dc.contributor.authorKor, Matin,
dc.contributor.schoolUniversity of South Australia. Ian Wark Research Institute.
dc.contributor.schoolIan Wark Research Institute
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionenglish
dc.description1 ethesis (154 pages) :
dc.descriptionillustrations (some colour).
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.
dc.description.abstractThe selective adsorption of chemicals from solution onto mineral surfaces is veryi mportant since the phenomenon is central to many aspects of mineral processing,ranging from particle dispersion to selective separation of minerals in flotation.However, many chemicals used in the mineral processing industry have questionable environmental impact and present risks to human health. There is a need to replace such chemicals with benign effective replacements. Natural polysaccharides are one suchclass of benign chemical, which are currently used to prevent the recovery of some hydrophobic unwanted (gangue) minerals. However, there are some separations that remain intractable with benign polysaccharide polymers (for example copper molybdenum separation). This project aims to enlarge our understanding of how these benign polymers function, so that insights can be gained that could lead to their deployment in separations that currently cannot be performed without the use of hazardous chemicals.
dc.description.dissertationThesis (PhD)--University of South Australia, 2015.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11541.2/123159
dc.language.isoen
dc.provenanceCopyright 2015 Matin Kor.
dc.subject.lcshFlotation reagents
dc.subject.lcshPolysaccharides
dc.subject.lcshSurface chemistry.
dc.titleEnvironmentally benign depressant for selective separation of minerals /
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