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Flotation behavior of sulfides on mechanical activation

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Mechanical activation during grinding affects the flotability of pyrite, arsenopyrite, and galena. It is established that the S, Fe, and As atoms at the surfaces of the initial materials are mainly in the oxidized state. The transformations occurring on the surfaces of mechanically activated sulfide minerals are the cause of the changes in flotability.

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  1. United Institute for Geology, Geophysics, and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia

    Ye. A. Kirillova, T. S. Yusupov & L. G. Shumskaya

  2. Inorganic Chemistry Institute, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia

    I. P. Asanov

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  1. Ye. A. Kirillova
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Translated from Fiziko-Tekhnicheskie Problemy Razrabotki Poleznykh Iskopaemykh, No. 1, pp. 102–106, January–February, 2000

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Kirillova, Y.A., Yusupov, T.S., Shumskaya, L.G. et al. Flotation behavior of sulfides on mechanical activation. J Min Sci 36, 87–90 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02551145

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