Beneficiation of lithium ores by froth flotation
US4098687A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 13, 1977 |
| Grant date | Jul 4, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 13, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC22B26/12
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A high grade fraction is recovered from lithium-containing ores by conditioning a finely-ground aqueous pulp of the ore with a conditioning reagent formed by incorporating a water-soluble polyvalent metal salt into an aqueous solution of an alkali metal silicate and with an anionic collector and then subjecting the conditioned pulp, without desliming, to a froth flotation operation whereby a concentrate containing lithium and a tailing containing gangue are produced.
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