Good Performance Sodium Silicate Modifier for Sulfide Ore Flotation.

Product Introduction

Sodium Silicate (Na₂SiO₃), commonly known as water glass, serves as a versatile and cost-effective depressant and dispersant in mineral flotation. It primarily suppresses silicate gangue minerals like quartz, feldspar, and other oxides through selective adsorption, forming hydrophilic layers on their surfaces. Its strong dispersing properties help prevent slime coating and reduce particle aggregation in complex ores, particularly in iron ore and phosphate processing.

As an eco-friendly and non-toxic reagent, it effectively separates valuable minerals from gangue by increasing surface electronegativity and steric repulsion. Sodium silicate is widely applied in scheelite, cassiterite, and fluorite flotation, and as a modifier in oxide ore processing. Its versatility, low cost, and environmental safety make it a fundamental reagent for improving concentrate grade and recovery efficiency.

Product Advantage

1.Sodium silicate offers key advantages in mineral processing as a versatile and cost-effective reagent. It acts as an effective depressant for silicate and carbonate gangue minerals by forming hydrophilic layers on their surfaces, enabling cleaner separation of valuable minerals. Its strong dispersing properties help prevent slime coating and reduce particle aggregation, particularly important in fine-grained ores.

2.The reagent provides significant economic and operational benefits.Being inexpensive, readily available, and non-toxic, it serves as an environmentally friendly alternative to many synthetic depressants. Its ability to modify slurry chemistry and improve selectivity makes it valuable across various applications, from iron ore processing to rare earth mineral flotation, while helping reduce overall reagent consumption and operational costs.

Technical Parameters

Product Uses

Main Purpose: When using this product for the flotation of sulfide ore, it can disperse gangue fine mud, make the foam brittle,and inhibit the gangue of quartz and silicate.

Packing Specification

25kg/bag