Engineering & Technologies, Vol 5, No 6 (2012)

Investigation of microorganisms influence on the surface of minerals

Natalya Algebraistova, Alexandra Razvyaznaya, YUriy Leonidovich Gurevich, Margarita Ivanovna Teremova, YUriy Leonidovich Mihlin

Abstract


The ability was studied to use Pseudomonas Japonica bacteria’s culture in the cycle of the cooper-molybdenum collective ore concentrate selection with the view of xanthate desorption from the minerals surface. The influence was studied of microorganisms on the surfaces of a copper and molybdenum sulfides by means of measurement contact angle and photoelectron  spectroscopy method. Reducing xanthate concentration on the surfaces sulfides was shown, and, as consequence, hydrophilization minerals increases.