Abstract
Abstract The depression mechanism of zinc sulfate (ZnSO4) and sodium dimethyl dithiocarbamate (DMDC) as the combined depressant on sphalerite was investigated by micro-flotation experiments, ion complexing tests, contact angle tests and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis. The micro-flotation tests revealed that ZnSO4+DMDC had a better selective depression effect on sphalerite than using single ZnSO4 or DMDC. Ion complexing tests confirmed that DMDC had a strong complexing capacity with lead ions or hydroxy complexes. Contact angle tests illustrated that ZnSO4+DMDC makes the sphalerite surface more hydrophilic than ZnSO4 or DMDC. XPS analysis indicated that the combined depressant could prevent collector adsorbing on the Pb-activated sphalerite surface by a competitive adsorption method, while the combined depressant and collector were co-adsorbed on galena surface.
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