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Study on the Flotation Behavior and Mechanism of Glass Fiber Powder

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Improving the purity of glass fiber powder represents a crucial challenge that needs to be addressed in the development of the glass fiber industry. To investigate the flotation behavior of glass fiber powder and the adsorption mechanism of the collector on its surface, the effect of flotation time, collector type, and concentration in flotation experiments was studied. Zeta potential, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) were used for systematic analysis. The results show that flotation effectively removes the visible impurities mixed in the glass fiber powder. The collection capacity of poly (propylene glycol) bis (2-aminopropyl ether) (PEA) generally surpasses that of conventional monoamine collectors. With the novel collector PEA, especially at a concentration of 6 × 10−5 mol/L of PEA-D2000, the flotation recovery rate of glass fiber powder can reach approximately 95%. Furthermore, a flotation mechanism for the glass fiber powder using amine-based collectors is proposed. It is adsorbed onto the surface of glass fiber powder through − NH3+/−NH2 groups, primarily by hydrogen bonding, and supplemented by electrostatic adsorption.

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The authors provide their gratitude to University of Science and Technology of China and Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences for their support.

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This work was financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.51804294, No.51874272, and No.52111540265); Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation (3No. 1808085ME121); Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Chinese Academy of Science (PECL2021QN003); HFIPS President Foundation (YZJJZX202018); International Clean Energy Talent Program by China Scholarship Council.

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  1. Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China

    Zhangchao Mo, Xiaoxiao Zhu, Juxuan Ding, Ling Wang, Boyuan Ban, Jifei Sun & Jian Chen

  2. University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China

    Zhangchao Mo, Xiaoxiao Zhu & Juxuan Ding

  3. Institute of Energy, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, Hefei, 230031, China

    Xuesong Jiang, Jifei Sun & Jian Chen

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Zhangchao Mo: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing-original draft. Xiaoxiao Zhu: Investigation, Methodology. Xuesong Jiang: Validation. Juxuan Ding: Visualization. Ling Wang: Resources. Boyuan Ban: Resources. Jifei Sun: Visualization. Jian Chen: Supervision, Resources, Writing – review & editing.

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Mo, Z., Zhu, X., Jiang, X. et al. Study on the Flotation Behavior and Mechanism of Glass Fiber Powder. Silicon (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-024-02984-z

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