flotation agent
1surface-active agent — /serr fis ak tiv/, Chem. any substance that when dissolved in water or an aqueous solution reduces its surface tension or the interfacial tension between it and another liquid. Also called surfactant. * * * ▪ chemistry also called Surfactant, … …
2activating agent — noun (mineral extraction) a surface active chemical used in flotation process to increase the attraction to a specific mineral • Topics: ↑mineral extraction, ↑mineral processing, ↑mineral dressing, ↑ore processing, ↑ore dressing, ↑beneficiation …
3Tailings — A panorama of Broken Hill, New South Wales, backed by the man made mullock (waste tailings) heaps from the Line of Lode mine (the mullock heaps are the hills that stretch across this image). Tailings, also called mine dumps, slimes, tails, leach… …
4List of chemical compounds with unusual names — Chemical nomenclature, replete as it is with compounds with complex names, is a repository for some very peculiar and sometimes startling names. A browse through the Physical Constants of Organic Compounds in the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and… …
5Sodium dithiophosphate — Sodium dithiophosphate, Na3PS2O2, usually known as Nokes, is a flotation agent used in molybdite mining. It is prepared by the reaction of phosphorus pentasulfide with sodium hydroxide …
6Sodium hydrosulfide — IUPAC name Sodium hydrosulfide …
7Dibutylamine — Dibutylamine[1][2] IUPAC …
8diethylamine — Water soluble, colorless liquid with ammonia aroma, used in rubber chemicals and pharmaceuticals and as a solvent and flotation agent …
9Clarification and stabilization of wine — The winemaking process naturally produces sediments that can precipitate out of the wine. The clarification and stabilization of wine in winemaking involves removing insoluble and suspended materials. The insoluble material causes a wine to be… …
10separation and purification — ▪ chemistry Introduction in chemistry, separation of a substance into its components and the removal of impurities. There are a large number of important applications in fields such as medicine and manufacturing. General principles… …
