Abstract
Oxadiazole-thione compounds include the conjugated N-, O- and S-donor atoms and possess special metal-chelating properties. In the paper, an alkyl oxadiazole-thione surfactant, 5-heptyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole-2-thione (HpODT) was designed and synthesized as a chelating collector used for the recovery of antimony sulfide. Micro-flotation tests showed that the HpODT has better recovery and selectivity for antimony sulfide against iron and cadmium sulfide in comparison with sodium isobutyl xanthate (SIBX). The adsorption analysis indicated that the adsorption of HpODT on antimony sulfide was a spontaneous-exothermic chemisorption process. The ultraviolet absorption spectrum (UVAS) revealed that HpODT might anchor on antimony sulfide surfaces by adsorption monolayers. The zeta potential and FTIR inferred recommended a chemisorption of antimony sulfide to HpODT. XPS afforded distinct proofs that the conjugated N- and S-donor atoms of HpODT coordinate with the surface antimony atoms of antimony sulfide to generate the hydrophobic HpODT-Sb surface complexes.
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