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Talking About Past and Present -- Flotation

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Flotation , also known as flotation separation, is a method of separating useful minerals from ores according to the physical and chemical properties of mineral particles. In the 18th century, it was known that the gas adhered solid particles rose to the surface of the water; In the 19th century, people used gasification (boiled pulp) or acid and carbonate minerals generated by the reaction of flotation graphite flotation. In the late nineteenth Century, due to the increasing demand for metals, the resources of coarse lead, zinc and copper sulfide ores were reduced gradually, in Australia, the United States and some European countries, flotation has been used to fine grained ores to provide concentrates for smelting. At the beginning of the industrial age, the most widely used flotation method is the total oil flotation, it is based on the oily and hydrophilic nature of the mineral and is stirred by adding a large amount of oil to the pulp, the lipophilic mineral sticking to t...

Hunan New ShaoTan Tungsten Ore

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In November 13, 2014, Xinshao County, Hunan Province, compiled by the 407 team of Hunan Provincial Geological Prospecting Bureau, successfully filed on the Provincial Bureau of land and resources.  The report shows that the size of the tungsten ore mine in Xinshao County, Hunan Province is a large-scale tungsten mine, proven tungsten resources reserves of 70,400 tons, associated gold, silver, antimony and other metal elements, is expected to mine service life of about 17 years, the total total economic value of about 8 billion yuan. News once broadcast, it led to a warm reaction to the capital market, the listed company's market value increased significantly, because it is the first record of nonferrous metal mineral exploration in Hunan province since 2000, and the reserves are huge. In China, the shortage of tungsten resources is becoming more and more urgent, and the good news is encouraging. Tan Xian tungsten ore is located in the Cao Jia village, Xin Shao county...

Apple May Secretly Develop Power Batteries in China

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According to the first financial news, apple is working with a Chinese power battery manufacturer secretly developed automotive power batteries, confirmed that the U.S. auto project is not just software, as well as hardware. Apple may really be making a car. One is the Silicon Valley global high-tech giant, and the other is a power battery manufacturer in Fujian, China. Apple and the Ningde era of new energy Polytron Technologies Inc (hereinafter referred to as the "Ningde era", also known as "CATL") is a project based on confidentiality agreements. According to sources close to the collaboration, the first financial services are being co operated in the field of batteries. Amperex Technology Limited (hereinafter referred to as "ATL") is Apple's consumer electronics products, the world's largest battery supplier. The Ningde era was part of the parent company's ATL power battery division, which became independent power battery manufactu...

Development Status of Nano Tungsten Carbide Powder in China

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Nanocrystalline cemented carbide is a tool material developed in recent years. It is based on nano tungsten carbide powder . The cemented carbide with high hardness, high wear resistance and high toughness has been produced under the condition of adding proper binder and grain growth inhibitor, its performance is obviously higher than that of conventional cemented carbide. It has been widely used in hard metal materials, cutting tools, micro drills in the electronics industry, precision molds, medical fields and other fields. In the aspect of ultrafine or nanocrystalline cemented carbide, there are only a few countries in the world such as the United States, Japan, Sweden and so on, which can produce alloy with both high hardness (HRA>90) and high strength (>3 200 MPa). The main difficulties come from ultrafine and nano tungsten carbide powder and other raw materials and cemented carbide production process. From 70 to 80s in China began to study the industrial pr...

Sodium Tungstate Diet Pills Are Becoming Possible

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The metabolic syndrome is associated with increased obesity caused by a group of common metabolic disorder syndrome, the fundamental reason is the imbalance of body energy metabolism. With the improvement of people's standard of living, when the body intake of excessive nutrition and energy use is reduced, the remaining nutrients are stored in the body in the form of fats and glycogen, and excessive fat storage causes obesity. Obesity is the cause of many chronic conditions, it will significantly increase the incidence of diabetes, coronary heart disease, stroke, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and other morbidity and mortality. So far, only two drugs have been approved and accepted for obesity in FDA of the United States: Orlistat and Sibutramine. So people can lose weight better and control their appetites, but synthetic diet pills have side effects, such as headaches, anorexia and gastrointestinal reactions, and western medicine is expensive. In recent years, resea...

The Rebirth of Tungsten Tailings -- Glass Ceramics (2)

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As we all know, the main raw material of glass is silica, namely quartz, the main raw material of ceramics is kaolin. Coincidentally, the main component of tungsten tailings is also silicon, and may be rich in other kaolin constituents. In the eyes of scientists and technicians, most of the composition of tungsten tailings and glass ceramic raw materials are similar, do not need too complicated to deal with, can be processed into glass ceramic. Some scholars have prepared glass ceramics by using tungsten tailings after magnetic separation to remove iron, by changing the temperature system in sintering process, the glass ceramics with better properties were obtained, and the crystallization kinetics of glass-ceramic during sintering was further explored. The crystallization temperature is adjusted between 950~1100 °C, the results show that the main crystalline phases of glass ceramics are calcium feldspar and iron pyroxene. The crystalline phase number and grain size o...

The Rebirth of Tungsten Tailings -- Glass Ceramics (1)

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Tungsten tailings are the wastes left in the production of mines. China is a big producer of tungsten resources. It is said that all large tungsten mines have a large number of tailings reservoirs, and the tailings reservoirs accumulated over several decades or even centuries have become too large to imagine. Some tailings which have reached the marginal grade can be extracted again, but most of the tailings are no longer meaningful. How to find a way out for these tailings? Tailings treatment has always been a thorny problem in mining enterprises, not only copper and iron, tungsten ore also racking their brains for tailings to find a new way out, the most common tungsten tailings application is the manufacture of cement, tile. However, with the development of industrial technology, people found that it is a waste that tungsten tailings are used to make cement and bricks. In recent years, scientists have invented a material between ceramic and glass, which has remarkable func...