Why It Matters
Optimize collector, depressant, and activator combinations for target mineral recovery
Solution Approach
Optimize collector, depressant, and activator combinations for target mineral recovery RawSource supplies the base chemicals that go into these programs. We can help with product selection, grade matching, and sourcing from multiple origins for supply security.
Typical Treatment Workflow
1
System Assessment
Characterize operating conditions—fluid composition, temperature, pressure, flow rates—and benchmark current treatment performance.
2
Chemistry Selection
Match base chemicals to your operating envelope. Factor in compatibility with existing programs, regulatory constraints, and downstream impacts.
3
Dosage & Delivery
Determine optimal treat rates through jar testing or field trials. Configure packaging (drums, totes, ISO tanks) to match consumption and storage logistics.
4
Monitoring & Adjustment
Track KPIs—coupon rates, residuals, separator performance, water quality. Adjust chemistry and dosage as conditions change.
Recommended Chemistries (6)
Potassium amyl xanthate (PAX)
CAS 2720-73-2
Specialty Additives
Sulfide mineral collector
Strong sulfide collector: chemisorbs on the mineral surface making it hydrophobic so it attaches to air bubbles
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Sodium isobutyl xanthate (SIBX)
CAS 25306-75-6
Specialty Additives
Sulfide mineral collector
Shorter-chain xanthate giving more selective sulfide collection at lower cost
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Potassium ethyl xanthate (PEX)
CAS 140-90-9
Specialty Additives
Wetting
Potassium ethyl xanthate is the shortest-chain xanthate collector, giving the most selective (lowest-collecting-power) sulfide flotation for cleaner separations alongside PAX/SIBX
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Oleic Acid
CAS 112-80-1
Acids & Salts
Oxide mineral collector
Fatty-acid collector for oxide/non-sulfide minerals (e.g. apatite, fluorite, hematite)
Melting Point: 16 °C Boiling Point: 286 °C at 100 mmHg Density: 0.89 at 25 °C
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Copper sulfate pentahydrate
CAS 7758-99-8
Acids & Salts
Biocidal Action
3288 (COPPER SULFATE PENTAHYDRATE) · Class Activator: copper ions adsorb onto sphalerite so xanthate can collect zinc sulfide
Melting Point: 147 °C (dehydrates) Boiling Point: 653 °C at 760 mmHg (decomposes) Density: 2.284
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Sodium Silicate E
CAS 1344-09-8
Specialty Additives
pH Adjustment
1759 (SODIUM SILICATE) · Class Gangue depressant/dispersant that keeps silica and clays from reporting to concentrate
Melting Point: 1089 °C Boiling Point: BOILING POINT: 100 °C -6H20 /NONAHYDRATE/ Density: 1.1 to 1.7 at 20 °C
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