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Electrochemical interactions between mineral and grinding media and their effects on flotation and media wear

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OSTI ID:5129016
This report describes the electrochemical nature of mineral grinding media interactions in the wet grinding of one-and two-sulfide mineral ores with regard to the corrosive wear of the media and the flotation behavior of the minerals. Two iron sulfides (pyrite and pyrrhotite) and three types of steels (mild steel, high carbon forged steel, and austenitic stainless steel) were used to represent the sulfide minerals and the grinding media, respectively. Electrochemical measurements (rest and combination potentials, galvanic currents, and polarization behaviors) under abrasive and nonabrasive conditions were correlated with data from marked ball wear tests, Hallimond tube flotation tests, and with scanning electron photomicrographs and energy dispersive X-ray spectra. Corrosion currents obtained by superposition of polarization curves of sulfide mineral grinding media systems were in good agreement with corrosion currents estimated from ball wear data.
OSTI ID:
5129016
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English