Inorganic Chemicals Industry ›› 2024, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (10): 64-69.doi: 10.19964/j.issn.1006-4990.2024-0031

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Study on influence mechanism of particle size composition of potassium mixed salt on its conversion flotation

ZHU Jian1(), DONG Guangfeng1(), CHEN Peng1, JIA Feifei1, MA Songliang2, LIU Zhongjian2, XIANG Xiaocheng2   

  1. 1.Key Laboratory of Green Utilization of Critical Nonmetallic Mineral Resources,Ministry of Education,Wuhan University of Technology,Wuhan 430070,China
    2.State Investment Xinjiang Lop Nur Potash Co. ,Ltd. ,Hami 839000,China
  • Received:2024-01-16 Online:2024-10-10 Published:2024-11-05
  • Contact: DONG Guangfeng E-mail:2797425800@qq.com;277036@whut.edu.cn

Abstract:

Potassium sulfate is very important to grain production in China.In order to speed up the efficient preparation of potassium sulfate and ensure the stable development of agriculture in China,the preparation of the key intermediate of potassium sulfate was studied.Firstly,aiming at the problem that the particle size of potassium mixed salt in Lop Nur Salt Lake was easy to vary with the seasons,which led to the low production efficiency of picromerite,the effect mechanism of particle size composition of potassium mixed salt on its conversion flotation was studied by grinding⁃conversion⁃flotation process.The results showed that the particle size of potassium mixed salt was finer,the degree of transformation was higher,and the particle size of the transformed product was finer.After grinding 3 min with potassium mixed salt,the corresponding <0.074 mm conversion products accounted for 42.69%,and potassium ions were mainly distributed in the material of this particle size.At the same time,the flotation behavior of picromerite was also significantly affected by the particle size of potassium mixed salt,and its flotation efficiency was increased at first and then decreased with the decrease of the particle size of potassium mixed salt.When the grinding fineness of potassium mixed salt <0.250 mm accounted for 79.78%,the production efficiency of picromerite was the highest.In addition,the effect of the particle size of the conversion product on the flotation separation of jarosite and sodium chloride was also studied in this paper.The results showed that the particle size of the conversion product was finer,the difference of flotation rate constant between magnesite and sodium chloride was less,which was only 0.094 5 min-1 at <0.074 mm,so it was difficult to separate them effectively.The research results had important guiding significance for the regulation and optimization of the production process of soft potassium magnesium alum.

Key words: potassium mixed salt, picromerite, grinding, conversion, flotation

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