How Does A Magnet Work?: Mine 410 Mineral Processing Ii
How Does A Magnet Work?: Mine 410 Mineral Processing Ii
How does a magnet work? • All materials are affected in some way when placed in a
magnetic field. ( Sometimes , it may be too slight to be
• A magnet is any object that produces its detected).
own magnetic field that interacts with other • Materials can be classified according to whether they are
magnetic fields. Magnets have two poles, attracted or repelled by a magnet.
a north pole and a south pole. The magnetic Diamagnetics :
field is represented by field lines that start at Repelled along the lines of magnetic
force to a point of minimum field
a magnet’s north pole and end at the south
intensity
pole.
• Materials
Paramagnetics:
Attracted along the lines of
magnetic force to a points of
greater field intensity.
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Magnetism
• Magnetism: It is a magnetic force experienced between two • Paramagnetic minerals : They can be
magnets. The magnetic force is caused by the magnet’s concentrated by high-intensity magnetic
magnetic field and points in the direction of the field lines. If separators.
you have two magnets next to each other and their north poles
are facing each other or their south poles are facing each other, • Ilmenite : FeTiO3
you can see that the field lines move away from each other, so
you feel a repelling force between the two magnets.
Rutile : TiO2
Wolframite : (Fe,Mn)WO4
• If you put the north pole of one magnet next to the south pole
of the other, then the field lines go straight from the north pole Monazite : (Ce,La,Th,Y) PO4
of the first magnet to the south pole of the second, and you Siderite : FeCO3
feel anattractive force between the two magnets. Pyrrhotite : FeS
Chromite : (FeO)(Cr2 O3)
Hematite : Fe2 O3
Manganese minerals
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• The Intensity of Magnetisation (M) (ampere /metre) of a • For paramagnetic materials, S is a small positive
constant
material relates to the magnetisation induced in the
• For diamagnetic materials, S is a negative constant
material, and :
For Hematite, S = 0.01
For Quartz, S = - 0.001
B = µ 0 (H + M ) • The magnetic susceptibility of a ferromagnetic material
is dependent on the magnetic field , decreasing with
µ 0 = Permeabili ty of free space field strength as it is saturated.
• At an applied field of 1 Tesla, S = 0.35
( = 4π x 10 -7 T m /A)
• In vacuum M =0 • Iron cores or frames used in high intensity magnetic
separators, iron saturates at 2 – 2.5 T, so the use of very
In air, M is very very low , therefore M is neglected large currents (≈ hundreds of amperes) is necessary.
B = µ0 H means B=H
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MAGNETIC SEPARATORS
Magnetic field intensity can be varied by :
Low intensity
1. Varying the current (especially in
electromagnetic separators)
• Magnetic separators 2. By changing the interpole distance (in permanent
magnets)
High intensity
• In commercial magnetic separators (continuous –
and process), the separation is carried out on a
Dry Separators moving stream of particles passing (through or
into) the magnetic field.
Wet Separators
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• For collection of magnetic and non-magnetic • An endless belt is dipped into the trough into which
fractions, most separators are designed so that the pulp is fed.
the magnetics are attracted to the pole pieces,
but come into contact with the conveying device • The magnetic particles are picked up (lifted) by a
(not directly the pole-piece). bank of magnet and then carried to the concentrate
discharge (water spray wash the concentrate)
• The magnets have alternating polarity so that
• The non-magnetics fall freely into a bin. entrained gangue particles released.
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1. a) Low intensity
b) High intensity
2. i) Dry feed
ii) Wet feed
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• Counter current separator is used in roughing operations and • Used to concentrate moderately magnetic ores.
magnetic material losses are held to a minimum. Relatively for
fine material < 250 µm. • It consists of two or more horseshoe
electromagnets, arranged one above the other. The
• Drum separators are widely used to treat taconite ores, cross – belts prevent the magnetic particles from
containing 40 – 50 % Fe as magnetite, or sometimes hematite adhering to the pole.
which needs fine grinding.
• The poles of the upper magnets are wedge shaped
while the lower poles are flat
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• Each disc permits to extract and separate 2-products of • The gap between the feed pole rotor is adjustable
different permeability. and is usually decreased from pole to pole to take off
successively more weakly magnetic products.
• Progressive intensification of the magnetic field is obtained
by vertical adjustment of the discs (gap)
• The flux is ≈ 0.8 – 1.5 T (which is strong enough to pick up
many paramagnetic minerals).
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Permroll
• Jones HIWMS : The most well known separator to
• Permroll is a roll separator which uses powerful treat fine hematite ores.
permanent magnets.
• The magnet yokes are welded to strong main frame,
• The magnetic field is generated without an air gap, and with the electromagnetic coils enclosed in air cooled
the separator is able to handle highly magnetic as well as cases.
weakly paramagnetic. • The actual separation takes place in the plate boxes
which are on the periphery of one or two rotors
• In Permroll, the belt passes over the magnetic roll, attached to the central roller shaft.
preventing direct roll -particle contact. • The feed slurry flows into plate boxes which are
grooved.
• Dry HIMS is limited to ores containing little siz material < • Feed points are at the leading edges of the magnetic
75 µm. The efficiency of separation on fine material is field.
severely reduced by the effects of air currents, particle – • Each rotor has two symmetrically disposed points.
particle adhesion, and particle – rotor adhesion.
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• Continuous HIWMS : Reduces the minimum particle • Any entrained non-magnetics are washed out by low
size for efficient separation. Expensive drying pressure water.
operations can be eliminated. • When the plate boxes reach a point midway between
the two magnetic poles, where the magnetic field is
• Gill Separator : Designed on the principle of the essentially zero, the magnetic particles are washed out
induced roll machines. The laminated grooved rotor with high pressure water spray.
rotates about a vertical axis at the centre of a set of
electromagnetic pole pieces. • Field intensities of over 2T can be produced in these
• The feed slurry flows down along the grooves machines.
between the pole piece and the rotor. • For 1.5 T field, electrical power consumption in the
• It generates a maximum field of < 1.4 T coils of 16 kW / pole.
• Previously used in Australia and Malaysia for • 4 tons of water is used per tonne of solids (90 % of
separating highly magnetic ilmenite. water is recycled ).
• It does not treat weakly magnetic hematite ores
effectively.
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• Disadvantages :
• Very high capital cost (cost of flotation equipment
to concentrate weakly magnetic ore is ≈ 20 % of a
Jones separator)
• Total cost depends on terms for capital
depreciation.
• Over 10 years, HIMS may be the most attractive
process.
• Example : One of the largest applications is in
Brazil.120 tph of - 150 µm specular
hematite ore.
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SUPERCONDUCTING SEPARATORS
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Properties:
Corona effect
• Lifting effect:
The attraction of particles carrying one kind of charge
toward an electrode of the opposite charge.
• Pinning effect:
Non-conducting mineral particles, having received a
surface charge from the electrode, retain this charge
and are pinned to the oppositely charged separator
surface by + / - attraction.
• Corona effect
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• Corona Effect :
• There is a large single producing an electric field
An electrode assembly, comprising a brass tube in (there is no ionizing electrode).
front of which is supported a length of fine wire, • Particles are placed on the grounded rotor in the
is supplied with DC current up to 50 kV (create
very dense high voltage discharge and thin wire presence of electric field. Particles develops a
tends to discharge it, when ionization occurs, the surface charge by induction, they are polarized.
minerals receive a spray of electricity and gain • Conductors have the same potential as the
charge). The voltage is so that ionization of air
takes place. This can be seen as visible corona grounded rotor, they are attracted toward the
discharge electrode.
• Non- conductors fall by their gravity.
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Tube Electrode : Create
Ahmad non-discharging field. Ahmad
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Electro – static Screen Type Separator • The feed is carried by the grounded rotor into the field of
a charged ionizing electrode.
• The feed particles accept a charge by ion bombardment.
• The conductor particles lose their charge to the
grounded rotor and thrown from the rotor surface by
centrifugal force, and they come under the influence of
nonionizing electrode and are attracted further from the
rotor.
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Monazite (P)