1

1) a)
Time recovery values are below;
Time, min 2 4 6 8 10
%Recv. of the valuable mineral 75.0% 90.1% 93.6% 95.5% 96.5%
%Recv. of the gangue 8.4% 15.6% 21.3% 29.7% 36.5%

()

Valueable minerals

Time,min 2 4 6 8 10

()

-1.48 -2.64 -3.35 -4.17 -5.27


The rate constants (k) value for valuable mineral was found from graph as 0.544.

Gangue minerals

Time,min 2 4 6 8 10

()

-0.15 -0.30 -0.44 -0.68 -0.94

y = -0.544x
-6.00
-5.00
-4.00
-3.00
-2.00
-1.00
0.00
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
l
n

)
)
/

t,min
2


The rate constants (k) value for gangue was found from graph as 0.0863.
b)
The optimum flotation time;
()

()

()
If we take the derivative of differences of two recovery functions according to time and
equate this to zero, we can obtain optimum flotation time.

( ()) ( ())

() ()
(

() ()
() ()

The optimum flotation time is 4.02 min.


y = -0.0863x
-1.00
-0.90
-0.80
-0.70
-0.60
-0.50
-0.40
-0.30
-0.20
-0.10
0.00
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
l
n

)
)
/

t,min
3

2)
Time, min 1 2 3 5 7
10 12 15
%Cu-Recovery 48.9% 69.5% 76.9% 81.8% 84.4% 86.4% 86.8% 87.4%

Time, min 1 2 3 5 7
10 12 15
ln(1-R) -0.67 -1.19 -1.47 -1.70 -1.86 -2.00 -2.02 -2.07

Checking for one rate parameter

k=0.115
()
time
R values from one rate
parameter kinetic model
R values from
laboratory test
1 11% 48.9%
2 21%
69.5%
3 29% 76.9%
5 44% 81.8%
7 55% 84.4%
10 68% 86.4%
12 75% 86.8%
15 82% 87.4%



-2.50
-2.00
-1.50
-1.00
-0.50
0.00
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
l
n
(
1
-
R
)

t,min
Series1
4

Checking for two rate parameter

[ (

) ( ) (

)]

[ (

) ( ) (

)]
time
1-R values from
two rate parameter
1-R values from
laboratory test
1 67% 51%
2 47% 31%
3 35% 23%
5 23% 18%
7 18% 16%
10 15% 14%
12 14% 13%
15 13% 13%

It shows that two rate parameter kinetic model result much more convenient to experimental
data.
Two rate parameter kinetic model parameters are below;

-2.50
-2.00
-1.50
-1.00
-0.50
0.00
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
l
n
(
1
-
R
)

t,min
kf
phi
ks
5

3)

From graph phi values obtained as 0.165

( )

From the equation below kf can be calculated

-4
-3.5
-3
-2.5
-2
-1.5
-1
-0.5
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
A
x
i
s

T
i
t
l
e

Cell No
6

The parameters are below