Maximum size of floating particles in different flotation cells

Effects of frothers and particle size on the flotation kinetics of the Jameson Cell

“…The recovery was lowest for the coarse particles while the fine particles had a better floating ability than the coarse one. The flotation recovery decreases for the coarse and fine particles can be attributed to high turbulence of bubbles and low probability of collision between bubble and particle (Kowalczuk et al, 2011). A turbulence occurring at the end of the downcomer breaks the bubble-particle aggregates and causes the particle detachment (Sahbaz et al, 2017).…”

Investigation of the Effects of Hydrodynamic Parameters on the Flotation Recovery of Coal Particles

“…The sharp decrease in the flotation efficiency has been observed as particle size increases [2]. Therefore, the flotation of particles is restricted to a maximum size as shown in Equation 1 [3]:…”

Flotation using sodium dodecyl sulphate and sodium lauroyl isethionate for rapid dewatering of Mg(OH)2 radwaste suspensions

“…16,17 As an alternative to gravitational separation, otation has received increasing interest from researchers for radwaste separation, as it has been shown to be an extremely rapid dewatering technique, and is already commonly utilised in the minerals, water treatment and paper industries. [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26] Previous investigators have studied a range of variables that affect otation performance, including particle contact angles, [27][28][29] bubble size distribution, 25,30 foam stability, 18,[31][32][33][34] suspension/collector concentration, 29,35,36 collector adsorption density, 23,35,37,38 collector hydrophobicity, [39][40][41] particle coagulation and hydrodynamic consequences of variable PSDs. 15,28,42,43 Research into otation of Mg(OH) 2 , a corrosion product of the fuel cladding alloy at Sellaeld, 2,6 has received little interest, but similar mineral particulates have been shown to be effectively separated using otation facilitated with anionic surfactant collectors, such as alkyl sulphates including sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS).…”