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Fluorspar Acid-Grade Flotation (2D)

A 2D froth-flotation cell: fluorite (CaF₂) grains and calcite/quartz gangue fall through rising bubbles, and collector dosage, pulp pH, airflow and feed particle size decide which grains attach and report to the concentrate.

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This 2D companion turns fluorspar flotation into a readable cross-section: feed grains fall through a rising curtain of bubbles, and a Langmuir collector-coverage term, a pH-selectivity window centred near pH 9, and a size-dependent bubble-collision efficiency decide, grain by grain, whether fluorite floats into the froth or calcite and quartz gangue sink to the tailings — with live recovery and CaF₂ grade tracked against the 97% acid-grade threshold.

⚙ Under the hood

Each particle's attachment probability is computed from a Langmuir isotherm for collector surface coverage, a Gaussian pH-selectivity term peaking near pH 9 for the fluorite collector, a depressant term that grows with pH to suppress calcite, and a unimodal particle-size collision-efficiency factor — the same structure used in real flotation-kinetics models, run per-grain instead of as a single population-average rate.

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

Why does raising the pH sometimes hurt recovery instead of purity?

The pH-selectivity term is a narrow Gaussian centred near pH 9 — the sweet spot for the fluorite collector. Push pH much higher and the depressant that rejects calcite also starts dulling the collector's grip on fluorite, so grade climbs a little further but recovery falls as fewer fluorite grains attach at all.

What does "acid grade" mean here?

Acid-grade fluorspar concentrate must reach roughly 97% CaF₂ or higher, the purity hydrofluoric-acid producers require. The badge in the top-right of the cell turns green once the running concentrate grade crosses that line.

Why do coarse or very fine particles hurt performance?

The collision-efficiency curve peaks at a mid-range grain size. Very fine grains barely disturb a bubble's flow field and rarely collide with one; very coarse grains collide often but their weight tears them back off the bubble surface before they reach the froth.

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