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Abstract
Influence of n-dodecane aqueous emulsion on flotation of sulfide minerals present in the copper ore from the Legnica-Glogow Copper Basin (LGOM), carried out on the laboratory scale, was investigated. Five flotation experiments performed in the presence of different doses of n-dodecane were conducted and compared. Next, mineral analysis of selected flotation products were conducted and discussed. The best flotation selectivity was obtained for bornite, tennantite and chalcocite using 600 g/t of n-dodecane. In the case of non-copper sulfides, the maximum selectivity was observed for sphalerite and galena. Measurements of the rest potential of copper sulfide conducted to explain the differences between recoveries of each sulfide mineral were performed. It was observed, that with increasing sulfide rest potential, the recovery was decreasing. The study provided information hitherto poorly available in literature on flotation of sulfides from the LGOM area with n-dodecane.
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