Research and Application of Ilmenite Separation Technology
Ilmenite is brittle and dense. Due to the physical and chemical properties of mineral surface, it is not easy to recover coarse ilmenite by flotation process. However, fine or fine ilmenite has good floatability and can be recovered by flotation method. I. Conventional flotation method In the conventional flotation process, the most commonly used collectors are oleic acid, paraffin oxide soap, tar oil and some new collectors. One of the most commonly used is oleic acid and its soap. The technology for this collector is more mature and more reliable. However, it also has one of the most significant disadvantages, is the use of too much material. Compared with the conventional collectors mentioned above, the new type of ilmenite collector has better selectivity, does not require emulsification, and has better separation effect for some minerals that are difficult to be separated. For example, in mineral processing, ilmenite and ilmenite pyroxene have close phytoplankt...