General Knowledge - Chemistry - Discussion

Well, froth floatation is a separation process on the basis of surface properties. The property which causes the separation of particles is density. Not all the particulate materials in practice are hydrophilic. So in order to have a separation, certain promoters and collectors are added. When the mixture is suspended in an aerated liquid, bubbles adhere to those particles which are difficult to wet by liquid (hydrophilic) and the effective density of the particle decrease and separation occurs.

Other oils can be used for froth flotation they can but the condition is that if and only if the other oils can reduce the density of water as pine ore does. Now find those oil.

Can't other oils perform the same function.

Froth flotation is a process to separate hydrophilic (soluble in water) from hydrophobic (insoluble in water) materials.

What is froth flotation?

I don't understand this answer please clarify me.

Pine oil is used in froth flotation process collected in frothers not in collectors.

Froth flotation means separate the hydrophilic and hydrophobic agents. So, pine oil used for metal extraction.

Froth flotation is a process to purify sulfide ores, in presence of pine oil. The oil acts as hydrophobic agent and forms froth with hydrophobic impurities which is skimmed off from the surface leaving behind the concentrated mineral.

What is mean of froth floatation?