Structure variation in filter cakes from flocculated slurries

• To flocculate slimy material dispersed in water is a common operation in mineral processing either to recover the material or to clear the water. In laboratory tests with flocculated slurries, floc sizes, porosity and sizes of filter cakes were measured by automatic image analysis. An observed decrease in filtrate flow rate at flocculant overdosage was not caused by a smaller mean floc size but may have been due to an obstruction of the pore channels by adsorbed polymer threads. Samples of a copper/lead concentrate floated at the Stekenjokk concentrator of Boliden Mineral AB, Sweden, were used for this investigation.

Subject headings

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Materialteknik -- Metallurgi och metalliska material (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Materials Engineering -- Metallurgy and Metallic Materials (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Mineral Processing

Mineralteknik

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