摘要 |
<p>Method and equipment for the separation of gold particles and other sediment materials contained in clays, earth and slurries, consisting in diluting the latter in a sufficient quantity of water until the particles to be separated may drop without any obstacle within a sedimentator with inclined sheets with three outlets during a sufficient time so that they can travel the vertical distance between the sheets before the sedimentation of the clay or earth impedes the particles from dropping. The invention also relates to the sedimentator which is provided with a plurality of cells consisting of spaces defined between the parallelogram-shaped sheets which can be parallel, planar or ruled, proximate to each other, and in such a way that from the higher vertices less turbid liquid comes out and thinned liquid to be separated can enter through the lower vertices, and separated particles come out through the lower vertices and more turbid liquid comes out through the lower vertices.</p> |