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The studies on the development of flotation enrichment technology for potash ores (sylvinite, kainit-halite, carnallite-kainit-halite) were conducted. Optimal flotation conditions: salt composition, density and pH of the dispersion medium, collector of the useful component, auxiliary reagents-frothers, hydrophobisators, depressors for obtaining highly enriched potassium-containing concentrate have been developed for each ore. On the example of sylvinite ore enriched by direct flotation in ore-saturated solutions with a density of 1235 kg/m3, it was shown that the use of a combination of frothers (pine oil, polyethylene glycol) and apolar reagents (liquid paraffins, industrial oil) as part of a complex collector based on higher aliphatic amines (C16 –C18) provides an increase in the extraction of potassium chloride to the concentrate with high quality of the latter. For kainite-halite ore enriched by direct flotation in the saturated aqueous solution of magnesium chloride with a density of 1284 kg/m3 and pH 6–7, lower aliphatic amines (C10 –C12) in combination with amyl alcohol or caprylic acid are effective as a collector of kainite. Carnallite-kainite-halite ore is enriched by reverse flotation in aqueous solutions of magnesium chloride with a density of 1285–1295 kg/m 3 and pH 3–4 using the halite collector of the hydrochloric acid salt of alkylmorpholine.

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BACKGROUND:The paper comprises the study of the enrichment process of potash ore with the addition of industrial oils I-8A, I-12A, I-30A to the base complex collector as an additional hydrophobizator.RESULTS: Comparative studies of flotation using liquid paraffins and industrial oils have shown the effectiveness of the latter. Physical research methods showed the effect of hydrophobizing additives on the adsorption of amine on potassium chloride crystals.CONCLUSION: The research found that introducing industrial oils into the flotation system ensures potassium chloride extraction at the same level 93.25-94.86% as when using a collective mixture with liquid paraffins. It was 10.2-11.5% higher than when using a collective mixture without apolar reagents. Thus, the best flotation performance using industrial oils was possible due to increased apolar reagent consumption. The optimal consumption of industrial oil under laboratory conditions was 20-25 g t -1 ore.

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