Molybdenum is an important alloy element for metallurgical industry because of its high
temperature stability. As the major mineral reserve for molybdenum, molybdenite (MoS 2) is …

Apart from being a resource for iron/steel production, the iron oxide minerals, goethite and
hematite, are used in the paint, cosmetics, and other industries as pigments. Surface …

Understanding the interfacial interactions between fluids (oil and water) and kerogen is
imperative for efficient development and production of hydrocarbons in unconventional …

Organic semiconductors have been discovered to exhibit impressive surface-enhanced
Raman scattering (SERS) activity recently. However, owing to the underdeveloped …

Hydrophobic group is a crucial yet underutilized component of a collector molecule. Herein
we examine the flotation behaviors of thioureas with various hydrophobic groups for a …

Abstracts In froth flotation the molecular interaction between reagents and mineral surfaces
take place at the solid liquid interface. In this paper, the effect of water molecule on the three …

Probing anisotropic surface properties of layer-type mineral is fundamentally important in
understanding its surface charge and wettability for a variety of applications. In this study, the …

Froth flotation is the most versatile process in mineral beneficiation, extensively used to
concentrate a wide range of minerals. This process comprises mixtures of more or less …

Molecular dynamics simulation method is performed to study the wetting and contact angle
between a water nanodroplet and a surface of Na-montmorillonite (Na-MMT). The …

In this work, a novel surfactant, O, O'-bis (2-butoxyethyl) ammonium dithiophosphate (BEAT),
was synthesized and first employed as a collector for the flotation separation of galena from …