Hand rubbing nuclear fusion live in the wilderness

Chapter 378 Hydroxygen Mixed Collectors
Efficient use of low-grade ore is not a problem for the Korean won.

No matter how low the grade of other types of metal ores is, can they be lower than rare metal ores?
He hadn't broadcast this technology before, on the one hand because he couldn't use it, and on the other hand, he didn't understand it at the time and didn't know the information about it.

After all, he doesn't need to smelt iron ore and copper ore on a large scale. He only needs to smelt a little of most of the materials, which can be exchanged for technology points.

But this time the rare metals are different. Although the rare metals that have been extracted can also be exchanged through technology points, his ones must be smelted first.

And the content of this kind of metal in raw ore or rare earth is too low, even if one kilogram is smelted, tons of ore are needed.

In this way, Korean won must process large quantities of ore.

Tools for flotation of rare earth and rare metal ores have been assembled and manufactured.

Although there are no machine tools or the like on Mount Tai, the flotation tools produced are very simple, but the focus of ore selection by flotation is not on the flotation tools, but on the flotation liquid that is configured.

Flotation fluid is the key.

For different kinds of rare metals, the flotation liquid that needs to be configured is also different.

Generally speaking, four things are needed to complete the flotation of one kind of ore.

The first is a foaming agent.

The function is known from the name. After being mixed with mineral water, it is used to disperse air and form stable air bubbles.

The second type is collectors.

The liquid molecules themselves have both 'hydrophobic groups' and 'hydrophilic groups'.

The hydrophilic groups can be attached to the surface of the dissolved mineral particles, while the hydrophobic groups face outwards.In this way, the hydrophilic surface of the particles can be converted into a hydrophobic surface to adhere to the air bubbles.

The third is a pH adjuster, which is used to adjust the pH of mineral water.

The fourth is the activator, which is an auxiliary collector. Its function is to make the particle surface that is not easy to be affected by the collector become easy to absorb the collector and strengthen the effect of the collector.

These four kinds of reagents together make up the flotation liquid, and the most core of which can be seen at a glance is the 'collector', which is the core factor to improve the flotation effect.

For the different types of rare metal ore soils piled up not far from Mount Tai, a single type of collector will definitely not be able to capture them completely.

Therefore, Korean won needs to configure many different types of 'capture agents' to carry out.

Although there are no tools in the Mount Tai base, fortunately, the chemical experiments are different from other experiments, especially the configuration of the 'capture agent', which can be carried out with some relatively ordinary equipment.

In the third-floor laboratory of the base with extremely high dust-free cleanliness, Korean won exchanged some glass instrument components for scientific and technological points to conduct experiments.

He doesn't need perfect equipment, nor does he need a 'capture agent' with a purity of 100%.

For him now, he only needs to roughly select the rare metal ores and rare earths outside, remove a lot of impurities inside and leave the essence.

Although it also contains a lot of impurities, as long as it is within the load-bearing range of the aircraft, it can be transported away.

While processing the materials in his hands, Han Yuan explained how to select ore and configure related potions.

"In the selection of ore, the flotation fluid is the key point."

"In the flotation liquid, the core agent is the 'capture agent', which can generally be divided into two categories: polar collectors and non-polar collectors according to the molecular structure of the capture agent."

"Among them, polar collectors are the most common, and they can be roughly divided into two categories, one is ionic collectors, and the other is non-ionic collectors.

"These two are the most extensive and are suitable for almost all minerals from metals to non-metals."

"The other non-polar collector mainly refers to 'hydrocarbon oil collector', which is used to collect some special minerals and as an auxiliary collector or activator.

"This time I will configure two kinds of capture agents."

"The first is the ionic scavenger in the polar scavenger. It is the main force and can be applied to most metal minerals, from iron-based metals to non-ferrous metals and rare metals."

"The second is the auxiliary hydrocarbon oil collector, which is used to assist the ion-type collector to increase the probability of capturing minerals in the ore."

"These two medicines are used together to deal with most of the rare metal ores I have collected."

After a pause, Han Yuan then added: "The reason why I say most of them is because some of the ores I collected are ion-adsorbed rare earths."

"This kind of rare earth needs to be selected, and a special flotation fluid needs to be configured."

"Because the rare metals in it are attached to the rare earths in the form of ions, conventional capture agents simply cannot work on them and separate them from the rare earths."

"Of course, I will talk about this later when configuring."

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He briefly explained the steps and tools needed to select ore, and the experimental equipment and raw materials in Han Yuan's hands have also been preliminarily processed.

After that, he didn't speak any more, but concentrated on the configuration process.

The capture agent he configured this time is a mixed hydroxide collector in the ion-type capture agent, which is a mixed acid, a mixture of four acids: sulfonic acid, sulfuric acid ester, hydroxamic acid and carboxylic acid. substance.

This hydroxide mixed collector can collect various metal oxide ores, soluble salt minerals and tungsten, tin and rare metal minerals.

It has many advantages, such as wide applicability, high capture efficiency, easy degradation, low environmental pollution coefficient and so on.

But the disadvantages of this medicine are also obvious.

Because it is a mixture of various acids, it is difficult to configure, and it is corrosive to a certain extent, which is harmful to the human body. It is necessary to wear corresponding protective equipment when using it.

In addition, this agent is somewhat corrosive to metals.

This means that when using this agent to select ore, it is necessary to build a set of special corrosion-resistant and anti-erosion equipment.

However, these shortcomings are not worth mentioning compared with its excellent performance.

Although the hydroxyl-oxygen mixed collector is composed of various acids, after it dissociates in water, the solid-philic atoms in the polar group are mainly -SO- and -NH+3 and so on.

To be precise, the collection effect can occur when the solid-philic atoms of the collector are of the same type as the non-metallic elements in the mineral.

And the closer the affinity atoms in the collector are to the non-metallic elements in the mineral, and the more types there are, the greater the collection effect will be.

So how to confirm the type of non-metallic elements in a mineral is the key to making collectors.

Of course, it is one way to confirm the same type of non-metallic elements in a mineral, and another way is to create more complete solid-philic atoms.

But this way is more difficult.

Because the solid-philic atoms contained in different collectors are different, and the mixed-type collectors will cause the solid-philic atoms to bind or fail due to the different substances inside.

Therefore, it has always been one of the main goals of the laboratories of major mining companies to develop a complete collection of solid-philic atoms.

However, the progress is not satisfactory. At most, they have managed to integrate two or three different collectors, and they are still of the same type. The conflict between different forms of collectors is even more serious.

The multi-acid hydroxyl-oxygen mixed collector configured by South Korean won is simply unbelievable to the researchers of various mining companies.

They have no idea how this anchor managed to gather multiple solid-philic atoms in the ground state together in a liquid, which violates common sense.

For these, Won did not explain, because he did not know.

Hydroxyl-oxygen mixed collector is something in the primary smelting knowledge information, there are only related configuration methods and usage methods, and there is no detailed principle.

The audience in the live broadcast room watched curiously that Han Yuan was constantly busy, communicating constantly through the barrage.

[A collector that can be used to select most minerals, a good thing. 】

【Can this thing be refined into uranium?I remember that uranium was also a metal. 】

[Picking uranium ore by hand (a garbage picking game) (=ω=)]

[I don’t know, I only know how to turn on the computer, start the mc, grind the uranium ore, start the ore washing machine, start the thermal centrifuge, start the canning machine, and a fuel rod is ready——]

[Rare earths are really good things, but unfortunately our country has been selling them cheaply. 】

[Small island countries have had rare metal reserves for 20 years, and the United States ranks second in the world in rare earth reserves, but they have been sealed and shut down. Australia and the European Union have also restricted or sealed their own mining, and instead imported and hoarded from our country. 】

[Restrict mining of rare metals!Use a little less of this thing! 】

【support!We don't have the pricing power of rare metals in our hands. The international price of rare metals is very low, and we can't sell them for much! 】

【Protect rare earth resources. Last year, we started testing thorium-fueled nuclear reactors in China. Rare earths will be the key to solving energy problems in the future. 】

[I don’t know the situation of rare earth resources, but I still hope that rare earths can be sold at rare prices in the future. 】

There are constant discussions in the live broadcast room. Ordinary people are not very interested in the mixed hydroxide collectors they are dealing with, but when it comes to rare earths, basically everyone can add a few words.

As a major rare earth country, Huaguo owns 98% of the world's rare earth reserves, and [-]% of the world's heavy rare earth reserves. This is undoubtedly a strategic advantage.

But selling rare earths as earth in the early years is a point that makes everyone heartbroken.

Even though it is starting to pay attention now, it still hasn't been sold at the corresponding price.

The most important thing is that Huaguo is the largest exporter of rare earths, but it does not have the right to price rare metals. The price is tightly controlled by foreign manufacturers. This is the worst thing.

After a busy half a day, Han Yuan finally completed the configuration of the hydroxyl-oxygen mixed collector.

The potion stored in the transparent glass bottle is translucent light brown, and it looks very viscous when shaken gently.

"This is the 'Hydroxyl Hydroxygen Collector'."

Han Yuan said, "With this, some regulators and foaming agents can be configured to refine the rare metal ores outside."

"Compared to collectors, the preparation of foaming agents and regulators is very simple, and the substances used are also common to everyone."

"For example, commonly used foaming agents include pine oil, isomeric hexanol, octanol, and ether alcohol."

"These things don't need to be too difficult to make. I have dealt with them before."

"In addition, in addition to these potions, I also need to make a large bubble mixer to process rare metal ores and stir the ore slurry."

While speaking, Han Yuan put away the prepared 'Hydroxy-oxygen Mixed Collector' in his hands, and then walked towards the top of the mountain.

The aircraft started and took him to the small river where rare earth and rare metal ores were stored.

In fact, the flotation and selection process of various ores is basically the same.

First, all kinds of ores are crushed, rolled into crushed stones, and then put into an abrasive machine to be ground into powder and then separated.

The separated ore powder enters the flotation machine, that is, the mixer is mixed with the flotation liquid for flotation.

After filling in the flotation liquid, through continuous stirring, the separated mineral water and waste residue are processed through different pipelines, and finally the flotation ore with selected minerals is obtained.

These flotation ores can be processed by sedimentation and other means, and the final thing obtained is concentrated ore.

And the concentrated ore can use various means to extract the minerals inside.

For example, iron ore, after flotation and magnetic separation, can be cast into ore bricks or ore clusters, and then sent into a blast furnace to produce molten iron through a series of reactions.

Some high-quality iron ore, such as the iron ore obtained by South Korean won in the first wilderness survival novice mission, can be used without the flotation process, as long as simple magnetic separation or selection.

This is why high-grade ore is more popular, because it can save a lot of time and money in the middle.

By the small river, Han Yuan carried the pre-prepared parts off the aircraft and drove them to assemble by the river.

Large mixers, transport pipes, waste outlets.
There are not many tools needed for artificial flotation of ore, and only a few can be done.

It's just that this method cannot process ore on a large scale, after all, manpower is limited.

And the real flotation, but the whole train service, automatic processing.

Basically, no labor is required, just put the ore on the conveyor belt.

There are not many ores to be processed by South Korean Won. These rare earth and rare metal ores add up to only a few tens of tons, and artificial flotation is enough.

After spending more than two days, the equipment for flotation of ore was finally assembled.

The aircraft stayed on the side, and the wires were drawn from it as a power source for providing electrical energy.

Even if it is artificial flotation, it does not mean that it is purely manpower. Although it is also possible, it can also save a lot of time by using machinery such as large mixers and transportation pipelines.

Won tried his best to combine and utilize all his current advantages, so that the proportion of manpower in labor was reduced as much as possible.

ps: I am not allowed to write the detailed manufacturing process now. The previous steps (20/369 chapters) related to CL-272 are all blocked, and I will not release them if I try to modify and lift the banヾ(ω`)o
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