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~, -.; A ,,;- -'; ... - 1- Colloids and Surfaces, 8 (1983) 121-136 Elsevier Science Publishers B. V., Amsterdam 121 Printed in The Netherlands A STUDY OF THE INTERAcrIONS BETWEE~CL~S AND BUBBLES IN SURFACTANT SOLUTION~ P. SOMASUNDt\RAN, P. CHANDAR, and K. CHARI Henry Krumb School of Mines, Columbia University, New York. N. Y. 10027 (U.S.A., (Received 20 July 1983; accepted 27 July 1983) ~ ABSTRACT -;;:~~~~:;,:;::.~ ~L~.~~~~~ Attachment of particles to bubbles involves various interactions resulti..- from electrical double layer forces between the particle and the bubble (with adsorbed surfactant on both). van der Waalsforces. the energy change due to the transfer of the hydrocarbon chains ad- sorbed on the particle to the gaseous phase. and steric repulsion between .-orbed sur- factant layers on the two interacting surfaces. The energiesof these interactions for the alumina-dodecylsulfonate system are calculated using data for the zeta potential of the mineral. the surface tension of the solutions and the surfactant adsorptioa density. Estimated total interaction energy is correlated with the results of bubble ~-up experi- ments. Like flotation. mineral pick-up by the bubble goes through a maxiD81D as a func- tion of surfactant concentration and this behavior is satisfactorily accouDt..J (or by the present treatment. INTRODUCriON '~ Flotation is a complex process that is the result of many chemiCal and hydrodynamic phenomena in a systemthat contains solid partides, liquid, and gasbubbles in a state of varying turbulence. While certain indiYdlal phenomena such as adsorption are fairly well understood, the manner in wbr.h these various phenomenainteract to yield flotation of a mineral hasDOt been fully established. Also, although the effects of most of the system ~erties on flotation are known, the mechanisms by which they control flotation havenot been fully developed.Flotation of mineralshas been shown in tile past to ex- hibit a surfactant concentration dependence sometimes characterized by a maximum [1-4]. This is illustrated in Fig. 1 for the quartz~cylamine system [1]. While the increase in flotation evidently is due to. hydro- phobicity imparted to the mineral surfaceby surfactant adsorpCi!>n, the de- crease at higher surfactant concentrations can be due to surfactat adsorption in this rangewith a reverse orientation as well as to mutual re~ion between the bubble and the particle, which will be similarly charged uIDr tJ1ese condi- tions. Excessive aggregation between particles, making them t8Ocoarse for levitation, or a decrease in bubble size in this concentration rmJlealso can lead 0166-6622/83/$03.00 e 1983 Elsevier Science Publishers B. V.

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    Colloids and Surfaces, 8 (1983) 121-136Elsevier Science Publishers B. V., Amsterdam

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    A STUDY OF THE INTERAcrIONS BETWEE~CL~S ANDBUBBLES IN SURFACTANT SOLUTION~

    P. SOMASUNDt\RAN, P. CHANDAR, and K. CHARI

    Henry Krumb School of Mines, Columbia University, New York. N. Y. 10027 (U.S.A.,

    (Received 20 July 1983; accepted 27 July 1983)~

    ABSTRACT

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    ~L~.~~~~~Attachment of particles to bubbles involves various interactions resulti..- from electrical

    double layer forces between the particle and the bubble (with adsorbed surfactant on both).van der Waals forces. the energy change due to the transfer of the hydrocarbon chains ad-sorbed on the particle to the gaseous phase. and steric repulsion between .-orbed sur-factant layers on the two interacting surfaces. The energies of these interactions for thealumina-dodecylsulfonate system are calculated using data for the zeta potential of themineral. the surface tension of the solutions and the surfactant adsorptioa density.Estimated total interaction energy is correlated with the results of bubble ~-up experi-ments. Like flotation. mineral pick-up by the bubble goes through a maxiD81D as a func-tion of surfactant concentration and this behavior is satisfactorily accouDt..J (or by thepresent treatment.

    INTRODUCriON

    '~Flotation is a complex process that is the result of many chemiCal and

    hydrodynamic phenomena in a system that contains solid partides, liquid, andgas bubbles in a state of varying turbulence. While certain indiYdlal phenomenasuch as adsorption are fairly well understood, the manner in wbr.h thesevarious phenomena interact to yield flotation of a mineral has DOt been fullyestablished. Also, although the effects of most of the system ~erties onflotation are known, the mechanisms by which they control flotation have notbeen fully developed. Flotation of minerals has been shown in tile past to ex-hibit a surfactant concentration dependence sometimes characterized by amaximum [1-4]. This is illustrated in Fig. 1 for the quartz~cylaminesystem [1]. While the increase in flotation evidently is due to. hydro-phobicity imparted to the mineral surface by surfactant adsorpCi!>n, the de-crease at higher surfactant concentrations can be due to surfactat adsorptionin this range with a reverse orientation as well as to mutual re~ion betweenthe bubble and the particle, which will be similarly charged uIDr tJ1ese condi-tions. Excessive aggregation between particles, making them t8O coarse forlevitation, or a decrease in bubble size in this concentration rmJle also can lead

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    DCA - HCI CONCENTRATION. kmol/m3FiC. 1. Flotation of quartz in a Hallimond Cell uling dodecylamine hydrocl8ride ascollector [1].

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    to a reduction in flotation. In this stucjy, an attempt is made to ~titativelyaccount for the above flotation behavior in terms of various inteiations be-tween the bubble and the particle. In order to accomplish this, 1fIe, bubble-particle attachment process is treated as a heterocoagulation pr~. Whilesome models have been developed for coagulation between solid )8rticles, nomodel taking all the interactions into account exists for aggregatDt between asolid particle and a bubble. Aggregation between particles and ldbles underflotation conditions is complicated by the presence of significant hydrophobicinteractions between the bubble and the surfactant ions adsorbed on theparticle.

    The bubble-particle at~hment process is treated here essentilily in termsof DL VO theory [5,6], modified to include both the hydropho18 attractiveinteraction arising from the transfer of surfactant chains from tile solid-liquidinterface to the liquid-air interface and the repulsive interactioo due to pos.-sible steric hindrance between adsorbed surfactant layers on the mteractingbubble and on the particle.

    As indicated above, hydrodynamic forces also significantly affect the over.all flotation process [7-10]. In order to isolate such effects, tbe"flotation"behavior was studied here using a bubble pick-up technique unlk quiescent

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    The system selected for the present study was alumina (O.3..-)-dodecylsulfonate about which considerable information already ~1tIie literature[11-13]. Also, most importantly, in this work all the plO~ftJ1e systemrequired for tJ1e estimation of various intera:tion e~~ mctlt>eorrelationwith flotation were measured for the system using the 8me ~les.

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    THEORY

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    The energy changes associated wiUl Ule attachment of a pat*! to a bubblein Ule flotation process arise from Ule overlap of Ule electricalick'ble layers ofthe particle and the bubble. from van der Waals forces, from ~fer ofsurfactant adsorbed on the particle to the gaseous p~, and~dition.from steric hindrance or volume restriction of the 8urfactant:~es on theinteracting surfaces [7.14-16]. Expressions developed to estiate'the magni-tude of these interactions are discussed below.

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    where superscripts L-L/G and L-8/L represent the transf~z groupsfrom bulk liquid to liquid:-gas and solid-liquid interfaces ~ely. Frompast studies [17], .~L/G - -:-1.08RT. ,~/L can be estim88tusing thefollowing adsOrption iAotherm of dodecylsulfonate on alUm811{ 18 J :

    rS/L/(rS/L - raIL) ~ (C /55.5) exp [- ( .!!. L-S/L + ~ J (3) max R RT CHI RTwhere CR is the equilibrium concentration of sulfonate in kdliD3 and r isthe zeta potential of alumina, which is assumed to be the Sta~tential.rS/L is the maximum adsorption density and is estimated~4.5 X 10-6m~m 2 from surface tension studies and packing consider.- [19]. Using

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    these expressions, V H can be calculated from data for adsorption density andzeta potential.

    ,IElectrical double layer interactions

    Expressions for the interaction energy of the overlap of double layers[20-26] differ essentially in the choice of boundary conditions, l8nely, con-stant charge or constant potential of the interacting surfaces during theirmutual approach. For the case of constant potential at both surf~, the fol-lowing equation derived by Hogg et al. [21] is appropriate:

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    VF,-o = ~-111 - Eala2(1/1~ + 1/1~) In (1- exp (-2"Ho» (5)

    2(al +a2)Several publications have dealt with Ute choice of boundary conditions[27-30]. The constant potential condition prevails if electroch~ equi-librium of the potential determining ions and adsorbing species between thebulk solution and the interface is maintained during the interac1D [30,31].Alternatively the constant charge condition would be more appr.."jate if theadsorption density of Ute species that are responsible for the ch~ develop-ment at the interface is not regulated rapidly enough during the ~roach ofthe surfaces [30,32]. In a real system, both the charge and the potential canchange, particularly if the adsorbed surfactant species "also contrilutes to thedevelopment of the surface potential. Under such conditions, the tEe ofneither the constant potential nor the constant charge condition will be valid,and an intermediate condition between these two extremes will .. more ap-propriate [33]. Accordingly, for Ute present treatment, the val~ C)f the doublelayer interaction energy is taken as the arithmetic average of the gues cal-culated usin:g equations 4 and 5.

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    The values listed by Visser [35] of the Hamaker constants f«~na (App)and water (All) are 15.5 X 10-20 J and 4.38 X 10-20 J, r~tJ\I'ely. Thevalue for air (Abb) is considered to be negligibly small. The Y8lItefor A is there-fore -3.86 X 10-20 J. Interestingly. the Hamaker constantilffjfind to be nega-tive. suggesting that in this case the van der Waals interactim1!isr~wsive. Theconcept of a negative Hamaker constant and correspondingly;~ repulsivevan der Waals interaction has been discussed by Visser [36).~8 Vv for theabove value of A is. -=~ .. "'o!

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    EXPERIMENTAL

    I Materials

    (i) AluminaLinde grade alumina of 0.3 ~ size purchased from Union Carbide Corpora-

    tion had a BET surface area of 15 m2/g and an isoelectric point of 8.7 as deter-mined by electrophoresis.

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    was used as received.

    (iii) Inorganic reagentsSodium chloride (> 99% pure) (Aldrich Chemicals), hydrochloric acid and

    sodium hydroxide (Fisher Scientific Company) used were of reagent grade.

    Sample preparation

    The alumina was conditioned in sodium dodecylsulfonate solutions using amagnetic stirrer. After conditioning for 6 h. a small amount of the sample wasremoved for the measurement of zeta potential. The remaining sampled wascentrifuged at 4000 rpm for 10 min and the residue was used for the bubblepick-up experiments and aggregation tests. The supernatant was centrifugedagain at 5000 rpm for 10 min and divided into five portions and a portion wasused to determine adsorption. a second portion to measure surface tension. athird portion for zeta potential sample preparation and the remaining portionsw.ere used for bubble pick-up and aggregation tests.

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    Experiments

    (i) Surface tensionSurface tension measurements were made using the Wilhelmy Plate method

    and a sandblasted platinum sensor. Readings were taken at equilibrium.

    (ii) Zeta potentialThe zeta potentials were measured using a Lazer Zee-Meter manufactured

    by Pen Kern, Inc.

    (iii) AdsorptionThe residual concentration of sulfonate was detennined by a two-phase

    titration technique [38] and therefrom the adsorption was obtained.

    (iv) Bubble pick-up(a) Equipment: A sketch of the equipment used is shown in Fig. 2. The sur-

    factant solution was held in a beaker (D). The alumina particles were con-

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    tained in a spout (B). Air bubbles were produced by means of a micro buretsyringe (C) which was attached to a micromanipulator (E) so that the syringecould be moved in vertical and horizontal directions as desired.

    (b) Procedure: An air bubble of given volume was conditioned in the sur-factant solution for 30 s, and then contacted with the equilitmated aluminafor 30 s. The microsyringe with the bubble was then moved away from thespout and the bubble was released. The procedure was repeated 100 times andthe weight of the transferred particles was obtained after centzifUging and dry-ing the contents of the beaker.

    (u) Aggregation testsAbout 0.2 g of the residue was redispersed in the surfactaat by stirring for

    15 min, after which the light transmission at a given position in the suspensionwas measured as a function of time using a Brinkman probe.

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    RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

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    The bubble pick-up behavior of the alumina-dodecylsulfonate system is il-lustrated in Fig. 3. Interestingly, tlle shape of the curve is similar to that of tlleHallimond cell flotation of quartz using dodecylamine shown in Fig. 1. A max-imum is obtained for the alumina "flotation" at. approximately 4 X 10-4kmol/m3 sulfonate.

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    Results for the sulfonate adsorption density, zeta potential aJMt aggregationof alumina particles are given in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 respectively.

    To determine the interactions responsible for bubble--particle Blhesion, thebubble and the attached particle are assumed to be 5 A apart. ~ area of con-tact between the bubble and particle is estimated to be 10-14 .2 ~based ongeometrical considerations for a 0.3 J.Lm spherical particle with a 20 Athick adsorbed layer interacting with a flat surface).

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    this interaction requires values for the potential of both surfaceL The poten-tial on the particle surface is assumed to be equal to the zeta potatial, whichin turn was calculated from electrophoretic mobility data. The iNMential onthe bubble surface can be estimated from the surface tension data for the sys-tem (see Fig. 8) by fllSt calculating the adsorption densities at the liquid-airinterface using the Gibbs equation [39],

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    SUMMARY f!

    Mineral pick-up by bubbles was found for the alumina-dodecylsulfonatesystem to exhibit a maximum similar to that obtained often in the past forflotation. This behavior is quantitatively accounted for in this study in termsof the interaction energies involved in the attachment of a particle to a bubble.

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    double layers of the particle and the bubble and the steric repulsion betweenthe surfactant layers adsorbed on the two surfaces. For tlle present systemthese forces are calculated from data obtained using some test samples forsulfonate adsorption density. electrophoretic mobility of alumina particlesand surface tension of sulfonate solutions. Homoaggregation of particles alsowas monitored by measuring the supernatant clarity of mineral suspensions insulfonate solutions. The overall interaction energy calculated in thW mannerwas found to-correlate with tlle results obtained for bubble pick-up for tllesame test solution; concentration corresponding to tlle maximum wbble pick-up correlated well with tllat for maximum interaction energy between bubblesand particles.

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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

    The authors wiSh to acknowledge the Chemical and Process EngineeringDivision of the National Science Foundation (ENG-78-25213) for supportingthis research, and Dr. K.P. Ananthapadmanabhan for helpful discussions.

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