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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 1986
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Phillip E McGarry, Palmerton, PA (US);
Assignee:
The Standard Oil Company, Cleveland, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B03D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
209166 ;
Abstract
A process for the beneficiation of coal by froth flotation comprising surface treating particulate coal with a polymerizable monomer, a polymerization catalyst and a liquid organic carrier thereby rendering said particulate coal hydrophobic and oleophilic and introducing said surface treated particulate coal to a froth flotation vessel containing a water wash medium thereby resulting in a froth phase and an aqueous phase, the improvement comprising pre-treating said water wash medium prior to introducing said surface treated particulate coal with an organic carboxylic acid.