ҚазҰУ Хабаршысы. География сериясы. 2010, №2 (31)
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The beneficiation procedures applied on some of Wadi Mubarak quartz samples of variable
silica content and impurities are froth Floatation followed by wet magnetic separation.
The selected quartz samples were subjected to grinding processes which resulted in quartz
powder of about 60 to 100 micron grain size /8/. This quartz powder was treated using froth
Floatation. The froth Floatation process is selected as the result of chemical analyses of the selective
raw quartz samples
which show an increase of Al
2
O
3
, and loss on ignition, which reflect the
presence of alkalis and mica impurities. Therefore, it is clear that the main target of the Floatation
process is to remove the excess of alumina bearing minerals.
The wet high intensity magnetic separation method is also used to reduce the Fe-oxides
content. The description of froth Floatation and magnetic separation methods are given hereunder:
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