Abstract:
In this paper,the mineral composition,size distribution and dissemination relation of a rare metal tailing were studied first.Then on the basis of the tailing′s properties,condition tests including process flow-sheet,grinding fineness and collector selection were carried out to evaluate the effects on the separation of feldspar and quartz.At last,under acidic conditions,by using the self-made anionic collector EZ-2and cationic collector dodecylamine,feldspar concentrates containing 17.12%Al
2O
3,3.27%K
2O,8.26%Na
2O,0.11%Fe
2O
3and quartz concentrates containing 96.07%SiO
2,0.02%Fe
2O
3 were obtained from the rare metal tailing.Besides the efficient utilization of the tailing,new collector EZ-2performed well in separating feldspar and quartz,thus its application field was broadened.