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Journal of Mining Sciences

2014 year, number 6

Experimental Assessment of Efficiency of Using Products of Electrolysis of Water for the Controlled Change of Surface Charge of Diamonds

V. A. CHANTURIA1, G. P. DVOICHENKOVA1, I. ZH. BUNIN1, O. E. KOVAL’CHUK2, V. P. MIRONOV3
1Institute of Comprehensive Exploitation of Mineral Resources, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kryukovskii tupik 4, Moscow, 111020 Russia
2NIGP Research and Exploration Company, ALROSA, Chernyshevskoe shosse 16, Mirny, 678174 Russia
3Institute of Laser Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Lermontova 130a, Irkutsk, 664033 Russia
Keywords: diamond, zirconium, electric charge of crystals, products of electrolysis of model water systems, electric separation, X–ray fluorescence separation, surface

Abstract

By noncontact measurement of crystal surface charge and with specific–designed equipment, the authors examine effect of model water systems having various physico–mechanical properties on the value and sign of charge of diamond and zirconium crystals. Experimental substantiation is given to the applicability of products resulted from electrolysis of water to the controlled change of surface charge of diamond and minerals with close physical properties during their electric separation owing to the increased difference of electric properties of the separated materials.