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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 1997
Filed:
May. 09, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Srdjan Bulatovic, Peterborough, CA;
Tim M Jessup, Peterborough, CA;
James F Jackson, Sudbury, CA;
Gordon Leighton, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Assignees:
Huntsman Petrochemical Corp., Austin, TX (US);
Falconbridge Limited, Toronto, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L / ; C08L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
524 47 ; 524 50 ; 524 52 ; 525 5426 ; 252 61 ;
Abstract
A new depressant for use in enhanced separation of polymetallic sulphides is described. The depressant agent is used in conjunction with conventional collector agents and frothing agents in the flotation separation of copper, nickel, lead, zinc sulphides by depressing iron sulphides such as pyrrhotite, pyrite and marcasite in the tailing. The depressant consists of a chemically-modified carbohydrate polymer, a polyacrylate and low foaming lignin sulphonate.