Flotation of Mineral Raw Materials and Wastes

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	English
Code	546-0435/04
Abbreviation	FNSO
Course title	Flotation of Mineral Raw Materials and Wastes
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Vladimír Čablík, Ph.D.

Osnova předmětu

1. Principle of flotation, historical development and meaning. Types of flotation, principles and usage options.
2. Terminology in flotation and Mineral processing
3. The conditions of flotation, their importance and influence on the flotation process
4. Basic parameters for evaluation of the raw material's floatability
5. Fractional flotation, principle and meaning
6. Floating curves, graphical representations from balance equations
7. Foam flotation, principle, flotation cycle scheme (basic, clean, control flotation, etc.)
8. Physical-chemical principle of flotation (stability of bonding of solid particles to air bubbles, surface tension of phase interfaces, electrokinetic phenomena, etc.)
9. Flotation reagents (flotation collectors, foams, activators, depressants, modifying substances, etc.), their chemical principle and their importance in the flotation process
10. Flotation collectors (ionic, non-ionic, amphoteric)
11. Flotation frothers, activators and depressors
12. Flotation devices (pneumatic, mechanical, pneumo-mechanical and other constructions)
13. Use of floatation in industrial sectors (flotation of metal waste, soluble salts, waste water, etc.)

Povinná literatura

FUERSTENAU, M. (ed.), G. JAMESON (ed.) a R.YOON (ed.). Froth Flotation A Century of Innovation. Colorado: Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, 2007. ISBN 978-0-87335-252-9.
FUERSTENAU, M. (ed.), G. JAMESON (ed.) a R.YOON (ed.). Froth Flotation A Century of Innovation. Colorado: Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, 2007. ISBN 978-0-87335-252-9.
MATIS, K. A. Flotation science and engineering. New York: M. Dekker, c1995. ISBN 0824792645.
CROZIER, D.,R. Flotation-Theory,Reagents and Ore Testing. 1992. Pergamon, 1992. ISBN 0-08-041864-3.

Advised literature

RUBINSTEIN, J., B. Column flotation: Volume 2, Processes, designs and practices. Switzerland: Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, 1995. ISBN 2-88124-917-5.
RAO, S.,R. Surface chemistry of froth flotation Vol. I - Basic principles. New York: Kluwe Academic/Plenum Publishers, 1982. ISBN 0-306-48178-2.
RAO, S.,R. RAO, S., R. Surface chemistry of froth flotation Vol. II - Reagents and mechanisms. New York: Kluwe Academic/Plenum Publishers, 1982. ISBN 0-306-48179-0.
Science database Scopus, Web of Science, Science Direct

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