Many frothers are used in flotation practice, but the properties of them are not so well known. The, author employs a special device to measure the frothing power and investigate by it about 24 substances such as alcohols, acids, esters ana others. The'conclusions are as follows.
A) The frothing power is sensitively influenced by the Ifriolency of agitation. One revolution in 1300 r.p.m. of impeller affects the result.
In good conditions, frothing power and speed of impeller keeps a parabolic rela-Lion. It increases with exceedingly high power of index.
B) The frothing power varies with the speed of agitation and concentration of reagent, At a low speed of impeller, it increases slowly with concentration, but rapidly from a certain region of high speed. This rapid increase region depends upon the nature of the frdther. If we describe a surface of frothing power, variables being agitation and concentration, the surface exhibits -a particular form which is very characteristic of the reagent.
C) Owing to the characteristic of the surface, the relative frothing power gives a different value at the different speed of impeller. For example, in the concentration. of 0.01 c.c. of frother in 100 c.c. of water, the difference of the power between, n-hexyland n-amyl alcohol is 5.4 c.c./min. at 1150 r.p.m. while only 1.5 c: c./min. at 1225 r.p.m. So the value is not a definite one, but varies with concentration and agitation.
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