Abstract
Highly branched waxy maize starch (WMS) was used to separate diaspore from artificial mixtures of diaspore and kaolinite by microflotation using dodecylamine (DDA) as collector. It was found that WMS depressed the diaspore flotation while activated the kaolinite flotation more or less. The adsorption of WMS on diaspore was examined through adsorption test, zeta potential measurement, infrared spectroscopy, and atomic force microscopy. It is suggested that both chemical interaction and intermolecular hydrogen bonding by hydroxyl groups of starch with surface Al–OH moieties occurred in the adsorption. Results obtained from the adsorption of DDA and WMS on diaspore showed that starch virtually enhanced the DDA adsorption. The depressant action of WMS can be rationalized primarily by the formation of hydrophilic adsorption layer enveloping the surface of diaspore and covering the collector.
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