Cover -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- A Century of Developments in the Chemistry of Flotation Processing -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- FLOTATION REAGENT DEVELOPMENT -- BRIEF CHRONOLOGY OF FLOTATION RESEARCH -- SULFIDE MINERAL FLOTATION CHEMISTRY -- ACTIVATION AND DEPRESSION OF SULFIDE AND OXIDIZED MINERALS -- GASES IN FLOTATION -- OXIDE AND SILICATE MINERALS AND THE ELECTRICAL DOUBLE LAYER -- PHYSISORPTION OF FLOTATION COLLECTORS -- ELECTROSTATIC MODEL OF FLOTATION -- CHEMISORPTION OF COLLECTORS ON OXIDES AND SILICATES -- THE NATURE OF THE HYDROCARBON CHAIN IN FATTY ACID FLOTATION -- ROLE OF EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY IN FLOTATION FINDINGS -- COMPARISON BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL ADSORPTION PROCESSES -- ACTIVATION IN NONMETALLIC MINERAL FLOTATION -- NATURAL FLOTABILITY -- SPARINGLY-SOLUBLE SALT MINERALS -- SOME EXAMPLES OF PRACtICAL MINERAL SEPARATIONS -- SUMMARY -- Bibliography -- History of Flotation Technology -- ABSTRACT -- THE NEED FOR A NEW PROCESS -- EARLY IDEAS, 1860-1900 -- FROM A STARTLING INNOVATION TO AN INDUSTRIAL PROCESS, 1901-1925 -- YEARS OF CONSOLIDATION, 1925-1960 -- ADVANCES IN FLOTATION TECHNOLOGY, 1960-2000 -- ON-STREAM ANALYSIS -- OTHER USES OF FLOTATION -- POSTSCRIPT -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Some Aspects of Flotation Thermodynamics -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THERMODYNAMICS OF SURFACES -- THERMODYNAMICS OF ADSORPTION -- THERMODYNAMICS OF WETTING -- THIN FILM PHENOMENA AND FLOTATION -- THE ENERGETICS OF FLOATABILITY -- CRITERION FOR FLOTATION IN TERMS OF COLLECTOR ADSORPTION -- THE ELECTRICAL DOUBLE LAYER AT MINERAL-WATER INTERFACES -- THE ELECTRICAL DOUBLE LAYER ON OXIDE MINERALS -- FREE ENERGY OF COLLECTOR ADSORPTION -- References -- The Nature of Hydrophobic Attraction Forces -- INTRODUCTION -- MOLECULAR ORGANIZATION OF WATER AT INTERFACES -- HYDROPHOBIC EFFECTS IN SOLUTIONS AND AT THE WATER- AIR INTERFACE.

CONTACT ANGLE MEASUREMENTS TO ASSESS HYDROPHOBICITY -- THERMODYNAMIC ASPECTS OF SURFACE FORCE MEASUREMENTS -- BUBBLE ATTACHMENT AND CAVITY FORMATION AT HYDROPHOBHIC SURFACES -- SURFACE FORCE DATA SUPPORTING THE WATER- STRUCTURE MECHANISM -- THE SURFACE CLUSTER MODEL -- EFFECT OF SOLUTES -- SUMMARY -- THERMODYNAMICS OF A PLANAR, THIN AQUEOUS FILM BETWEEN HYDROPHOBIC SOLID SURFACES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Adsorption of Surfactants and Its Influence on the Hydrodynamics of Flotation -- INTRODUCTION -- ADSORPTION OF SURFACTANTS ON MINERALS -- EFFECTS OF WATER CHEMISTRY ON SURFACTANT-MINERAL INTERACTIONS -- SPECTROGRAPHIC AND IMAGING STUDIES OF SURFACTANT ADSORPTION -- FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY -- HYDRODYNAMICS OF MINERAL FLOTATION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Pulp and Solution Chemistry -- ABSTRACT -- BASIC PRINCIPLES OF BUBBLE-PARTICLE CAPTURE -- AQUEOUS WETTING FILMS ON SOLID SURFACES -- SURFACE HETEROGENEITY -- BUBBLE FORMATION ON SURFACES -- DIRECT EVIDENCE FOR BUBBLE-PARTICLE ATTRACTIVE FORCES -- PROBING INTERFACIAL CHEMISTRY -- OXIDATION OF SULFIDE MINERALS -- MINERAL SURFACE CHARACTERIZATION -- USE OF DIAGNOSTIC PULP AND SOLUTION CHEMISTRY IN SELECTIVE FLOTATION -- CASE STUDY 1: LABORATORY AND PLANT CORRELATION -- CASE STUDY 2: OXIDATION/REDUCTION POTENTIALS AND DISSOLVED OXYGEN DEMAND -- SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- The Physics and Chemistry of Frothers -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE HYDROPHILIC/LYPHOPHILIC BALANCE -- THE SOLUBILITY AND SURFACE TENSION OF FROTHERS -- RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FROTHING AND PHASE SEPARATION OF FROTHERS -- ADSORPTION OF FROTHERS AT THE MINERAL-SOLUTION AND AIR-SOLUTION INTERFACES -- SURFACE TENSION AND BUBBLE SIZE -- THE DRAINAGE OF FROTHER SOLUTION -- MIXED CHEMICAL FROTHER SYSTEMS -- STABILIZATION OF BUBBLE AND FOAM BY PARTICLES -- FROTH IN THE FLOTATION PROCESS.

CAPILLARY EFFECTS ON FROTH STABILITY -- ENTRAINMENT OF SUBMICRON-SIZE PARTICLES IN THE FROTH PHASE AND TRUE FLOTATION -- COLLECTORLESS FLOTATION -- STRUCTURE OF FROTHS AND FLOTATION IN AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS OF INORGANIC ELECTROLYTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Surface Characterization and New Tools for Research -- INTRODUCTION -- X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON AND AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPIES -- SYNCHROTRON RADIATION XPS -- TIME OF FLIGHT SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY -- TIME OF FLIGHT LASER IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY -- INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY -- OTHER VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY TECHNIQUES -- MICROSCOPY AND MINERALOGY: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE -- SCANNED PROBE MICROSCOPIES -- PLANT CASE STUDY: USING SURFACE ANALYSIS TO EXAMINE ZINC CIRCUIT MINERAL LOSSES -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- The Flotation of Fine and Coarse Particles -- INTRODUCTION -- CAPTURE OF PARTICLES -- PARTICLE CAPTURE IN QUIESCENT LIQUIDS -- COLLECTION OF PARTICLES IN STIRRED VESSELS -- FLOTATION OF COLLOIDS AND NANOPARTICLES -- FLOTATION LIMITS FOR FINE PARTICLES -- FLOTATION OF COARSE PARTICLES -- COARSE PARTICLE FLOTATION WITH ELUTRIATION -- PHENOMENA IN THE FROTH PHASE -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Flotation Reagents-A Critical Overview from an Industry Perspective -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- TERMINOLOGY AND CLASSIFICATION-SULFIDES AND NONSULFIDES -- REAGENTS IN SULFIDE AND NONSULFIDE FLOTATION- BASIC CONCEPTS -- REAGENTS IN SULFIDE AND NONSULFIDE FLOTATION- PLANT PRACTICE -- CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE STATUS OF FLOTATION REAGENTS -- TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER-LABORATORY TO PLANT -- MARKETING ASPECTS AND TRENDS -- ENVIRONMENTAL, TOXICITY, AND REGULATORY ISSUES -- REAGENT SELECTION AND OPTIMIZATION -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Sulfide Mineral Flotation -- INTRODUCTION -- COLLECTORLESS FLOTATION -- ELECTROCHEMISTRY IN SULFIDE MINERAL FLOTATION.

REVERSIBLE SULFIDES -- IRREVERSIBLE SULFIDES -- IMPROVING FLOTATION PERFORMANCE WITH POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Flotation Chemistry and Technology of Nonsulfide Minerals -- FUNDAMENTALS -- Fundamental Considerations -- Summary and Conclusions -- BACKGROUND -- Summary -- INTRODUCTION -- SURFACE CHEMISTRY OF IRON MINERALS -- FLOTATION OF CALCAREOUS MATERIALS FROM IRON OXIDES -- Figure 41 Effect of collector and dispersant dosages on phosphorus grade in magnetite concentrate -- Summary -- FUNDAMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS -- WETTING/ATTACHMENT OF INSOLUBLE COLLECTORS -- FLOTATION TECHNOLOGY FOR SILICEOUS PHOSPHATES -- FLOTATION TECHNOLOGY FOR CARBONACEOUS PHOSPHATES -- REVERSE CRAGO PROCESS -- NEW FLOTATION REAGENTS -- NOVEL PROCESS EQUIPMENT -- FUNDAMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS -- CONVENTIONAL MECHANICAL CELLS AND PROCESS FLOWSHEET -- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN POTASH PROCESSING EQUIPMENT -- DEVELOPMENTS IN PROCESS CHEMISTRY -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Depressants in Nonsulfide Mineral Flotation -- PHOSPHATE FLOTATION -- DEPRESSANTS FOR FLOTATION OF IGNEOUS PHOSPHATE ORES -- DEPRESSANTS IN IRON ORE FLOTATION -- DEPRESSANTS FOR FLOTATION OF OTHER NONSULFIDE ORES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Flotation of Precious Metals and Their Minerals -- Introduction -- GOLD AND GOLD MINERALS -- PLATINUM AND PGE MINERALS -- SILVER AND SILVER MINERALS -- REFERENCES -- Coal Flotation -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Bibliography -- Mechanical Froth Flotation Cells -- Section I: Design, Operating Principles, and Optimization of Mechanical Flotation Cells -- HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT -- CELL DESIGN AND OPERATING PRINCIPLES -- CELL DESIGN -- METALLURGICAL PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION OF LARGE CELLS IN OPERATIONS -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Section II: Development of Outokumpu Flotation Machines -- INTRODUCTION -- EARLY DEVELOPMENT STEPS.

THE OUTOKUMPU ROTOR/STATOR DESIGN -- BUBBLE-PARTICLE CONTACT -- HYDRODYNAMIC DESIGN CRITERIA FOR OUTOKUMPU CELLS -- SCALE-UP CRITERIA -- OPERATING VARIABLES -- MECHANICAL COMPONENTS -- Outokumpu flotation R&D today -- Section III: Metso Minerals RCS Flotation Machine -- DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND -- RCS MECHANISM DESIGN -- RCS CELL DESIGN -- RCS BANK DESIGN -- Section IV: Dorr-Oliver Eimco Flotation Equipment -- INTRODUCTION -- HYDRODYNAMIC DESIGN CRITERIA -- REFERENCES -- ABSTRACT -- Column Flotation -- ABSTRACT -- THE CONVENTIONAL FLOTATION COLUMN -- INTRODUCTION -- MEASUREMENT OF GAS DISPERSION PARAMETERS -- HYDRODYNAMIC CHARACTERIZATION -- DRIFT FLUX ANALYSIS -- FLOTATION AS A RATE PROCESS -- BUBBLE GENERATION -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INTRODUCTION -- FROTH STRUCTURE -- MOTION OF THE PHASES -- BUBBLE SIZE THROUGH THE FROTH AND FROTH STABILITY -- EXAMPLES AND RELATIONSHIPS -- APPLICATION CASE STUDIES -- CONCLUSIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INTRODUCTION -- COLUMN CIRCUITS -- CONTROL OBJECTIVES -- CONTROL STRATEGIES -- PLANT OPERATION -- BASIC COLUMN CONTROL SYSTEM -- SUPERVISORY CONTROL SYSTEMS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Optimal Designs for Homogeneous, Countercurrent Flotation Processing Networks -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- NETWORKS, STAGES, AND MODELS -- CONSERVATION LAWS AND TRANSFER FUNCTIONS -- NETWORK DESIGN CRITERIA -- GENERATING COUNTERCURRENT NETWORK TRANSFER FUNCTIONS -- THE LEVENBERG-MARQUARDT ALGORITHM -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- IMPORTANT SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Modeling and Simulation of Industrial Flotation Processes -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- RECENT ADVANCES -- DEM MODELING OF FROTH MOVEMENT DYNAMICS FOR FLOTATION LAUNDER DESIGN -- STEADY-STATE MASS BALANCE MODELING FOR CELL AND CIRCUIT DESIGN -- POPULATION BALANCE MODELING OF MULTIPLE FLOTATION CELL DYNAMICS.

CONCLUSIONS.