Course Detail
Units:
2.0
Course Components:
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement:
Recommended Prerequisite: MET E 5680.
Description
Chemistry of flotation systems. Structure of water at interfaces, the hydrophobic state. Origins of surface charge and electrokinetic behavior of particles. Collector adsorption mechanisms in sulfide and nonsulfide flotation systems. Modulation of surface properties by adsorption of depressants and activators. Analysis of surface reactions from spectroscopic measurements.