CONCENTRATION OF SPODUMENE USING FLOTATION

摘要

A method of concentrating and recovering spodumene from an aqueous pulp or slurry by conditioning the pulp with an aliphatic primary beta-amine having from seven to 15 carbon atoms (preferably as a soluble acid salt), subjecting to flotation at a pH of about 8-10 to float off the impurities, and recovering the spodumene concentrate as residue.