Title
Evaluation of hematite and quartz flotation kinetics using surfactant produced by rhodococcus erythropolis as bioreagent
Date Issued
01 October 2019
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro-PUC-Rio
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro-PUC-Rio
Publisher(s)
Escola de Minas
Abstract
The use of biosurfactants as reagents represents a promising alternative to the conventional surfactants used in the mineral industry because they may present low toxicity and high biodegradability. Therefore, this research studied the hematite and quartz flotation kinetics using surfactant produced by Rhodococcus erythropolis as bioreagent. The flotation kinetics of both minerals were evaluated under established conditions: biosurfactant concentration of 10 mg/L and solution pH of 3. The maximum floatability values were of 99.98% and 17.53% for hematite and quartz, respectively, after 2 minutes of flotation. Finally, the kinetics study indicated that the experimental data of hematite floatability was better fitted to both the first and non-integral order kinetics, while the experimental data of quartz floatability was better fitted to the non-integral order kinetic.
Start page
655
End page
659
Volume
72
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería química Mineralogía
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85076517620
Source
Revista Escola de Minas
ISSN of the container
03704467
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