US4220523A
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Recovering of phosphates from phosphate ore
Assignee: Jacobs Solutions Inc
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Filing: 1978-07-19
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Granted: 1980-09-02
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Expires: 1998-07-19
Abstract
Abstract A process for recovering phosphate values from phosphate ore containing phosphates and silica in which scrubbed and screened ore is subjected to a flotation process which floats finer silica particles but not heavier silica particles, and which does not tend to float phosphates, and removing the floated material thereby forming a concentrate while discarding silica fines. The concentrate is next screened to remove components of the ore which are of sizes greater than the sizes of silica particles which will be removed by said flotation, and removing from the process finer particles which are passed by the screen and predominately contain phosphates because the finer silica particles had previously been floated off, and then comminuting the material retained on said screen and reintroducing it to the process.
Inventors
- 👤 J. D. Raulerson, Jr.
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 22:18
CPC Classifications
B; B03; B03B; B03B9/00; B03D; B03D1/00; B03D1/02; B03D1/021
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
157 words
A process for recovering phosphate values from phosphate ore containing phosphates and silica comprising: (a) subjecting said phosphate ore, comminuted, to a flotation process which floats finer silica particles, but not coarser silica particles, and does not tend to float phosphates, and removing the floated materials, thereby leaving behind a rougher concentrate; (b) screening the rougher concentrate from step (a) to remove components of the ore which are of size greater than the sizes of silica particles which were removed by flotation, and removing from the process the finer product particles which were passed by the screen; and (c) comminuting the material retained on the screen in step (b) and reintroducing it to step (a), the flotation process of step (a) and the screening process of step (b) constituting the only separative operations imposed on said ore from the introduction of said ore to said flotation process to the completion of the removals defined in step (b).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
157 words
A process for recovering phosphate values from phosphate ore containing phosphates and silica comprising: (a) subjecting said phosphate ore, comminuted, to a flotation process which floats finer silica particles, but not coarser silica particles, and does not tend to float phosphates, and removing the floated materials, thereby leaving behind a rougher concentrate; (b) screening the rougher concentrate from step (a) to remove components of the ore which are of size greater than the sizes of silica particles which were removed by flotation, and removing from the process the finer product particles which were passed by the screen; and (c) comminuting the material retained on the screen in step (b) and reintroducing it to step (a), the flotation process of step (a) and the screening process of step (b) constituting the only separative operations imposed on said ore from the introduction of said ore to said flotation process to the completion of the removals defined in step (b).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
A process according to claim 1 in which step (a) is accomplished in two or more stages.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
A process according to claim 1 in which an amine is used for flotation purposes in step (a).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
A process according to claim 1 in which the size range of the ore supplied to step (a) is -10 to +150 mesh.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
A process according to claim 1 in which the size of the screen in step (b) is between about 28 mesh and about 35 mesh.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
A process according to claim 5 in which the size range of the ore supplied to step (a) -10 to +150 mesh.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
A process according to claim 6 in which an amine is used for flotation purposes in step (a).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
A process according to claim 7 in which step (a) is accomplished in to or more stages.
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