Selective flotation of bastnaesite from monazite in rare earth concentrates using potassium alum as depressant

International Journal of Mineral Processing

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 237-245

  Ren, Jun ^a   Song, Shaoxian ^b   Lopez Valdivieso, Alejandro ^b   Lu, Shouci ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

Alum as depressant; Bastnaesite flotation; Hydrolyzed aluminum ions; Monazite flotation; Rare earth mineral separation

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; ADSORPTION; FLOTATION; HYDROLYSIS; MONAZITE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PH EFFECTS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

BASTNAESITE; DEPRESSANT; ELECTROKINETIC; FLOTABILITY; HYDROLYZED ALUMINUM SPECIES; POTASSIUM ALUM; RARE EARTH CONCENTRATES; RARE EARTH OXIDES;

RARE EARTHS;

FLOTATION; ORE; RARE EARTH METAL; SOLID-SOLID SEPARATION;

EID: 0034130270     PISSN: 03017516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-7516(99)00075-7     Document Type: Article

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