@inproceedings{34403e30762c412ea34cc0031904f583,
title = "An AFM study of the adsorption of amyl xanthate on copper sulfides",
abstract = "In froth flotation, the adsorption of collector on mineral surface is critical for a successful flotation process. In present work, an atomic force microscopy (AFM) has been applied to study the adsorption of potassium amyl xanthate (PAX) on copper sulfides, i.e., chalcopyrite, chalcocite and bornite. The in-situ collected AFM images show that PAX adsorbs on chalcopyrite mainly in the form of oily dixanthogen; while it strongly adsorbs on chalcocite and bornite in the form of insoluble metal xanthate, which binds strongly with the mineral surface. The information obtained from the AFM study shed lights on the collectivity and therefore the selection of specific collector for different copper sulfide minerals in industrial practice.",
keywords = "AFM, Adsorption, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper sulfide, PAX, Xanthate",
author = "Jinhong Zhang and Wei Zhang",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} IMPC 2018 - 29th International Mineral Processing Congress. All rights reserved.; 29th International Mineral Processing Congress, IMPC 2018 ; Conference date: 17-09-2018 Through 21-09-2018",
year = "2019",
language = "English (US)",
series = "IMPC 2018 - 29th International Mineral Processing Congress",
publisher = "Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum",
pages = "1808--1819",
booktitle = "IMPC 2018 - 29th International Mineral Processing Congress",
address = "Canada",
}