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Shear flocculation characteristics of magnesite with sodium oleate as anionic surfactant have been investigated in this study. The effects of various parameters such as pH, stirring speed and concentration of sodium oleate on the shear flocculation of magnesite were determined. It was found that the shear flocculation of magnesite was not affected much by the pH changes of the suspension. However, the flocculation of magnesite showed strong dependences on stirring speed and surfactant concentration. By evaluation ...

In this study, selective shear flocculation of celestite with Aero 845 as anionic surfactant from the mixtures of celestite and calcite was investigated using sodium silicate, sodium phosphate and sodium polyphosphate as inorganic dispersants. The effects of pH and dispersant concentration on the selective flocculation of celestite mineral were studied. Experiments carried out with sodium silicate at optimum conditions yielded a concentrate, which is flocculated material, assaying 82.5\% SrSO4 with a recovery 79\%...