Journal of Northeastern University Natural Science ›› 2015, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (12): 1748-1752.DOI: 10.12068/j.issn.1005-3026.2015.12.017

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Flotation Mechanism of New Dialkyl Dithiocarbonates Collector S-dodecyl O-isopropyl Dithiocarbonate (DIDTC)

TAN Xin1, LU Liang2, HE Fa-yu3, YIN Wan-zhong1   

  1. 1. School of Resources & Civil Engineering,Northeastern University,Shenyang 110819,China; 2. Beijing General Research Institute of Mining & Metallurgy, State Key Laboratory of Mineral Processing, Research & Design Institute of Mineral Engineering, Beijing 102628, China; 3. China Minmetals Corporation, Beijing 100010, China.
  • Received:2014-12-19 Revised:2014-12-19 Online:2015-12-15 Published:2015-12-07
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Abstract: A positive dialkyl dithiocarbonates collector S-dodecyl O-isopropyl dithiocarbonate (DIDTC) was synthesized and used in the flotation separation of chalcopyrite from pyrite. The results of flotation test indicated that DIDTC collector had better selectivity than butyl xanthate. UV-vis spectra demonstrated that DIDTC showed more affinities to Cu2+ ions than to Fe3+ ions. FTIR spectra and adsorption test were executed to study the adsorption mechanism of DIDTC to chalcopyrite. The results elucidated that DIDTC might bond copper atoms of chalcopyrite surface with its sulfur and oxygen atoms in alkaline environments, and formed a multilayer at high concentration. In addition, the results were analyzed from the structure-activity of collectors by generalized perturbation theory and density functional calculation with GGA/PW91 as exchange correlation functional.

Key words: S-dodecyl O-isopropyl dithiocarbonate (DIDTC), Cu-S separation, adsorption, generalized perturbation theory, structure-activity

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