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Electrochemical SHINERS investigation of the adsorption of butyl xanthate and 2-mercaptobenzothiazole on pyrite

By Guo, Bao; Lin, Xiaohui; Burgess, Ian J.; Yu, Chun
Published in Applied Surface Science Applied Surface Science 2020

Abstract

In this paper, shell-isolated nanoparticle enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SHINERS) has been applied to investigate the adsorption of typical collectors, butyl xanthate and 2-mercaptobenzothiazole (MBT), on pyrite surface. With the help of inert shell isolated gold nanoparticles as electric field enhancers, high quality electrochemical spectra were obtained in relation to real-world flotation conditions, enabling the quantitative identification of the chemical reactions occurring only on the mineral surface. It has been found that polysulphide anions are predominant oxidation product of pyrite after abrading and above 0 mV vs Ag/AgCl. Both the adsorption of xanthate and MBT are suppressed on pre-oxidized pyrite surface. The pre-formed polysulphide is diminished at negative potentials, which are favourable for collector

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