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Record W4415072747 · doi:10.37190/ppmp/211848

Influence of ion concentration in water on the flotation response of pyrrhotite superstructures

2025· article· en· W4415072747 on OpenAlex
Lebogang Babedi, Espoir M. Murhula, Charlotte E. Gibson

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Bibliographic record

VenuePhysicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEnvironmental Science
TopicMinerals Flotation and Separation Techniques
Canadian institutionsQueen's University
FundersNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CanadaMitacsQueen's University
KeywordsZeta potentialPyrrhotiteAdsorptionElectrochemistryIonic strengthRedoxMonoclinic crystal systemSurface chargeXanthate

Abstract

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This study investigates the intrinsic relationship between surface charge, redox properties, and collector interaction on determining the flotation performance of hexagonal and monoclinic pyrrhotite under deteriorating water conditions. Microflotation, UV-Vis spectrophotometry, zeta potential, and rest potential measurements were used under five different water chemistries with different ionic strengths at three different pH values (7, 9, and 11). The results indicated that although collector uptake is a function of ionic strength, flotation performance is controlled by the character of the surface species formed, which are a function of electrochemical conditions themselves. Zeta potential analysis indicated progressive double-layer compression at higher ionic strengths, particularly at alkaline pH, which contributed to enhanced collector adsorption but not necessarily improved flotation performance. Rest potential analysis indicated a transition from hydrophobic dixanthogen to surface-bound metal xanthate species as the condition became oxidative or chemically more complicated. These surface changes were amplified for monoclinic pyrrhotite, which consistently exhibited higher susceptibility to oxidation and electrochemical instability compared with hexagonal pyrrhotite. The correlation of the results indicated that flotation success is not only a function of collector uptake, but also of surface charge and redox potential compatibility to allow for the forming of stable hydrophobic layers. This study illustrates the need of including water as an additional factor in knowledge of flotation response of pyrrhotite, enabling most effective rejection in processing streams.

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Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Bench or experimental · Consensus signal: Bench or experimental
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.017
Threshold uncertainty score0.225

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Opus teacher head0.009
GPT teacher head0.254
Teacher spread0.245 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it