Abstract
The recovery of fine hematite particles from banded hematite quartzite (BHQ) ore with potato starch has been investigated using selective flocculation. Microscopic features, coupled with x-ray diffraction (XRD), and Fourier trans- forms infrared (FTIR) spectroscopic data provide evidences for adsorption of starch molecules on hematite surface. The starch molecules show good selectivity for hematite particles in the pH range of 8.5-9.5 and in the reagent concentration range of 20-40 mg/l. The Scanning electron microscope (SEM) studies show that flocs of hematite particles are larger and appear to be denser than that of quartz. Initial results with 1:1 hematite-quartz mixture indicated that it is possible to achieve an iron concentrate of 64.5% Fe with 92.0% of iron recovery from a feed of 34% Fe. However under optical conditions of pH and reagent concentration, the BHQ ore could be upgraded from an initial grade of 38.9% Fe to 57.2% Fe with 71% recovery. The overall results indicate that separation of very fine grained hematite present in the BHQ iron ore is feasible by selective flocculation.
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