采用了新型Gemini双季铵盐捕收剂丁烷-1,4-双十二烷基二甲基溴化铵(BDDA)和乙烷-1,2-双十二烷基二甲基溴化铵(EDDA)对比研究了其对高岭石、叶腊石、伊利石的浮选行为及作用机理。单矿物试验结果表明,在广泛的pH范围内,新型Gemini双季铵盐捕收剂BDDA和EDDA对三种铝硅酸盐矿物具有优异的捕收性能,且BDDA的捕收能力强于EDDA。红外光谱和动电位研究表明,Gemini双季铵盐捕收剂对三种铝硅酸盐矿物的作用机理为静电吸附和氢键作用。采用DFT密度泛函理论,在B3LYP/6—31G(d)水平上对捕收剂阳离子BDDA2+和EDDA2+进行量化计算,结果表明BDDA的捕收能力强于EDDA。这与单矿物浮选结果、动电位测定结果一致。
Gemini quaternary ammonium salt surfactants, butane-a, co-bis(dimethyl dodeculammonium bromide) (BDDA) ethane-a, fl-bis(dimethyl dodeculammonium bromide) (EDDA) were adopted to comparatively study the flotation behaviors of kaolinite, pyrophyllite and illite. It was found that three silicate minerals all exhibited good floatability with Gemini cationic surfactants as collectors over a wide pH range, while BDDA showed a stronger collecting power than EDDA. FTIR spectra and zeta potential analysis indicated that the mechanism of adsorption of Gemini collector molecules on three silicate minerals surfaces was almost identical for the electronic attraction and hydrogen bonds effect. The theoretically obtained results of density functional theory (DFT) at B3LYP/6-31G (d) level demonstrated the stronger collecting power of BDDA presented in the floatation test and zeta potential measurement.