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type and geological location, ranging from blocky to platy
particle morphologies. The amount of platy particles was
higher in the Indian talc used in this study compared to the
US talc. As the flotation experiment revealed, the highly
platy talc floats more easily and rapidly, leading to its high
recovery in flotation concentrate. This had an effect on their
flotability. The inverse holds true for talc produced in the
United States, which has a less platy morphology. Research
into the best ways to handle ores that include platy gangue
minerals in the mineral processing industry may benefit
from these findings. The impact of platy morphology on
gangue minerals, nevertheless, requires additional research.
DECLARATION OF COMPETING
INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no known competing
financial interests or personal relationships that could have
appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The authors would like to acknowledge the funding support
from the Australian Research Council for the ARC Centre
of Excellence for Enabling Eco-Efficient Beneficiation
of Minerals, grant number CE200100009. The author,
Daniel, would like to acknowledge the Melbourne Research
Figure 3. Recovery vs. time graphs of flotation of (a) United States and (b) Indian talc
Figure 4. Grade vs. recovery graphs of flotation of (a) United States and (b) Indian talc
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