Molecular Modeling of Interactions of Alkyl Hydroxamates with Calcium Minerals

✍ Scribed by Pradip; Beena Rai; T.K. Rao; Shailaja Krishnamurthy; R. Vetrivel; J. Mielczarski; J.M. Cases

• Book ID: 102584162
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 230 KB
• Volume: 256
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9797
• DOI: 10.1006/jcis.2001.7994

✦ Synopsis

The results of theoretical computations on the molecular modeling of mineral-reagent interactions in a fluorite-calcitefluorapatite-alkyl hydroxamate separation system were found to correlate remarkably well with the experimental microflotation test results. The utility of molecular modeling tools in the design/screening of surfactant molecules for flotation separations is discussed.