Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0347989

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0347989

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Optimizing tailings dewatering through interfacial chemistry and particle interactions. This project aims to improve the dewatering behaviour of waste tailings from mineral processing activites. Dewatering and disposal of tailings containing fine particles are serious issues which confront the mineral industry. Effective dewatering of tailings is determined by particle-solution interfacial chemistry and particle interactions. These properties will be manipulated by matching the molecular architecture and functionality of flocculants to mineral particle surface chemistry. Optimization of tails interfacial chemistry and particle interactions through conventional and non-conventional flocculants will be investigated and electoosmosis will be applied to achieve maximum dewatering behaviour.The scientific and environmental outcomes will be beneficial to all stakeholders.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 03-2003

End Date: 06-2006

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $360,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Colloid And Surface Chemistry | Mineral Processing | Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

First stage treatment of ores and minerals | Chemical sciences |

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