ELECTRICAL ASPECTS OF ADSORBING COLLOID FLOTATION .10. PRETREATMENTS, MULTIPLE REMOVALS, INTERFERENCES, AND SPECIFIC ADSORPTION

The compatibility of the adsorbing colloid flotation of Cu(II) with Fe(OH)3 and sodium lauryl sulfate with a variety of precipitation pretreatment techniques was studied. Procedures were developed which permitted precipitation pretreatment and effective foam flotation polishing. The interferences of glycerol, CIO4’, N03-, C1-, CN-, CNS-, F-, SO42’, HPO*2”, HAs042”, C2042-, (P03)66_» and EDTA with the precipitate flotation of ferric hydroxide by sodium lauryl sulfate were studied. The simultaneous adsorbing colloid flotation of Cu(II), Pb(II), and Zn(II) with Fe(OH)3 and sodium lauryl sulfate was found to be effective in the pH range 6 to 7 at ionic strengths below 0.1 mole/1. A model was analyzed for calculating surface potentials for floc surfaces having the charge distributed at discrete sites in the presence of electrolytes. Plots of surface potential versus adsorbable ion concentration were calculated for various values of the model parameters. Copyright © 1979 by Marcel Dekker, Inc.