The application scope of mineral processing special water glass mainly includes the following aspects:

Promoting the binding between mineral particles: In the flotation process, water glass can react with the mineral surface to form a thin gel like film, thereby promoting the binding between mineral particles, making them easier to be captured by flotation agents, and improving the efficiency of mineral processing.

Enhance the hydrophobicity of mineral surface: water glass can also enhance the hydrophobicity of mineral surface, thus changing the hydrophilicity of mineral surface, making it easier for flotation agent to form foam on mineral surface, and improving the adsorption performance of flotation agent on minerals.

Adjusting the viscosity of the beneficiation slurry: Adding an appropriate amount of water glass to the beneficiation slurry during the beneficiation process can change the flow properties of the slurry, increase the viscosity of the beneficiation slurry, thereby increasing the contact opportunity between mineral particles and flotation agents, and improving the adsorption efficiency of flotation agents.

Inhibitors: Water glass has a good inhibitory effect on quartz, silicate minerals, and aluminosilicate minerals (such as mica, feldspar, garnet, etc.), and is widely used as an inhibitor of gangue.

Flotation agent: Water glass can be used as an excellent flotation agent for iron, copper, lead, zinc, silica, phosphate ore, etc. in mineral processing. Water glass has a good wetness to mineral surface and can form a stable foam to help separate mineral particles from waste rock. At the same time, water glass can also control the stability and size of foam, making the flotation effect more stable and efficient.

In summary, water glass has a wide range of applications in mineral processing. It can not only improve mineral processing efficiency and reduce production costs, but also play an important role in different mineral processing procedures.