The role of surfactant salts on the spherical agglomeration of hematite suspension

With the recognition of the importance of beneficiation of fine mineral par ticles, there has been a tremendous increase in research to aid our underst anding of the role of precipitated surfactant salts in the spherical agglom eration process. In turn this has led to the development of special techniq ues for instance: zeta-potential and contact angle measurements, to explain this process. This work provides information on the condition of spherical agglomeration of fine hematite suspensions and it better characterizes a m ore detailed look at some problems of adhesion of surfactant salts. (C) 200 0 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.