Jin Peng Feng

The Preliminary Investigation of Low Grade Zinc Oxide Ore

Flotation is a conventional way for treating low grade metal oxide ore which has some advantages such as high efficiency and low cost. In order to recover the zinc from a low grade complex zinc oxide ore in which the grade of Zn is 13 wt.%, this paper presents a preliminary investigation of this type of ore by flotation method. In the experiments, the effects of different parameters such as grinding fineness, amount of Na2SiO3, amount of Na2S and amount of octadecylamine were investigated in relation to the metal contents of concentrates. The results show that about 35% of initial Zn content was obtained with 70% -200 mesh grinding fineness, 1000g/t Na2SiO3, 2000g/t Na2S and 500g/t octadecylamine. It is clear that the preliminary flotation tests with the ore sample indicated that there was no selectivity in terms of zinc recovery. Almost 65% zinc remained in the tailings and could not be recovered by flotation due to its complicated mineralogical structure. Therefore, application of metallurgical processes is proposed for zinc recovery from the tailings in the following investigations.

The Effect of Ball Media with Different Diameters on Grinding Kinetics of Cassiterite-Polymetallic Sulphides

To investigate the effects of grinding media size on the grinding kinetics of cassiterite-polymetallic sulfide ores, the ball grinding media with diameters of 25mm, 30mm, 35mm and 40mm were studied in a laboratory ball mill. The results showed that the coarse and fine particles obeyed the first-order grinding kinetics laws in the process of grinding and the ball grinding media with 35mm diameter had a significant advantage on grinding up the coarse particles and controlling the generation of fine particles, which could provide theoretical guidance for practical production so that the grinding effects would be improved effectively and the problem of cassiterite over-grinding would also be settled very well.

Study on Grinding Kinetics of a Unique Double-Sphere Grinding Media for Cassiterite-Polymetallic Sulphide Ores

The grinding kinetics are strongly affected by the grinding media size and style, in order to improve the grinding efficiency and solve the over-grinding problem of cassiterite in the process of grinding in cassiterite-polymetallic sulfide ores plant. A unique double-sphere grinding media has been designed and the grinding kinetics of this media with different diameters for grinding products of different size fractions have been investigated in this paper.

Study on Grinding by a Double-Sphericity Abnormity Media

A double-sphericity abnormity media as grinding media was presented, and the grinding laws of cassiterite-polymetallic sulfide ore by the abnormity media and single ball media with different combinations were discussed in this paper. The results show that when adopting the abnormity media to replace its mother balls for grinding, the mother ball size is smaller, the grinding effect is better, and adding the abnormity media was helpful to decrease overgrinding. And for cassiterite grinding process, the desirable results could be achieved by using small size abnormity media to replace large single ball media.

An Investigation for Recovering Zinc and Iron from Gossan

In recent years, recovering zinc from low grade oxidized zinc ore has been a matter of discussion. In this paper, the investigation for recovering zinc and iron from gossan ores was carried out. In generally, the conventional physical separation methods, such as flotation, gravity separation and magnetic separation, were used to treat the low grade ore, and flotation is the most commonly used method for beneficiation and pretreatment of oxidized zinc minerals. However, gravity separation and magnetic separation are used to deal with the gossan ores because of the special zinc oxide ore bearing iron 40.2% in this study. The effects of grinding fineness and magnetic intensity were investigated, respectively. The results show that the grade of zinc and iron increase slightly, and the best result is that the grade of zinc and iron are 13.35% and 40.25%, the recovery of zinc and iron are 53.45% and 52.19%.

Study on Thermal Stability of Nano-Silica Thermal Insulating Composites

This work investigated the thermal stability of nano-silica thermal insulating composites, which consisted of fumed silica, fibers and opacifiers. The volume shrinkage was introduced as an evaluation index to characterize thermal stability of the composites at different temperatures. The effects of serving temperature, serving time, particle size of fumed silica and mass ratio of SiC were discussed. The results indicated nano-silica thermal insulating composites have excellent thermal stability under the temperature of 800°C. The volume shrinkage was correlated positively with serving time. High specific surface area of fumed silica could bring good thermal insulating performance, but at the same time caused high volume shrinkage when applied at high temperatures. SiC as an opacifier has little influence on volume shrinkage, but too much amount may yet increase solid heat transfer and lead to the drop of thermal insulating properties.

Study on Recovering Zinc from Gossan

In this paper, the conventional physical separation method such as flotation, gravity separation, magnetic separation, alkaline leaching and sulfuric acid leaching were studied. The effects of grinding fineness, amount of agent, magnetic intensity, roasting temperature, roasting time, the leaching agent and leaching time on the leaching of zinc were investigated, respectively. The results show that the leaching rate of zinc is below 50% in the conventional alkaline leaching, and the leaching rate of zinc is below 85% and the leaching rate of iron is above 35% in sulfuric acid leaching. Compared with XRD pattern of the raw ore, the different diffraction peaks of smithsonite is off in alkaline leaching products. In sulfuric acid leaching, the different diffraction peaks of smithsonite are off in the leaching products when sulfuric acid concentration is less than 60 g/L. After 60 g/L, the different diffraction peaks of smithsonite and siderite are off in the leaching products.

Study on Preparation Process of Zinc Ferrite

Zinc ferrite is usually formed during the roasting of zinc sulfide concentrate with high content of iron and reduces zinc recovery during the leaching of zinc calcine. Because it is difficult to find pure zinc ferrite in nature ore resources or in chemicals market, which impedes the investigation of the reaction characteristics of zinc ferrite and the seek of new technologies for zinc ferrite dissolution, so it is of significance to obtain relatively pure zinc ferrite for further research on zinc calcine leaching. This article investigated the preparation process of zinc ferrite based on the dissolution characteristics of a zinc calcine with 19.38% iron and put forward a method to judge the reaction end point during the leaching of zinc calcine to produce zinc ferrite. The results show that the product of zinc ferrite could be prepared through recovering the leaching residue during leaching the zinc calcine under the initial H2SO4 concentration equal to or larger than 160g/L, and that the leaching end point can be judged by comparing the experimental curve of Zn leaching with the zinc theoretical dissolvability curve.

Effect of Fumed Titanium Oxide on Thermal Stability of Nano-Silica Thermal Insulating Composites

This work investigated the effects of fumed titanium oxide on thermal stability of nano-silica thermal insulating composites prepared by dry process. The results showed that the composites could keep excellent thermal stability at the temperatures below 800°C. However, when the samples were used at higher temperatures (>800°C), the volume shrinkage increased sharply, which directly led to a serious deformation and then affected thermal insulating properties in applications. The utilization of fumed titanium oxide could significantly improve thermal stability of the composites. When 10wt% fumed titanium oxide was added, the service temperature can increase from 800°C to 900°C. The desirable results would be achieved by adjusting the amount of additives according to practical using temperature. In addition, field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were employed to characterize the microstructure and phase transformations of the composites treated at different temperatures.

Experimental Study on Applying Bentonite for Mango Storage

In this paper, bentonite was applied in mango preservation, and the effects of various treatments methods on fresh-cut mango were studied.The results indicated that mangoes without any treatment easily rotted. The quality indexes of mango such as the weight loss rate, the disease rate and the turning yellow rate tend to increase while the titratable acidity and vitamin C content of mango lose largely. However, the weight loss rate, the disease rate and the turning yellow rate of mango may be reduced when mango were packed in seal bags together with bentonite. Purified bentonite is better than raw bentonite when applied in keeping mango fresh. Burying mango in mass purified bentonite was advisable for mango preservation.