Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:01:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 BrunoCB_DISSERT.pdf: 4196751 bytes, checksum: 815046ef78a951368bb3e92819e92b89 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-05-04 / The pegmatite rocks in Rio Grande do Norte are responsible for much of the production of industrial minerals like quartz and feldspar. Quartz and feldspar are minerals from pegmatite which may occur in pockets with metric to centimetric dimensions or as millimetric to sub millimetric intergrowths. The correct physical liberation of the mineral of interest, in case of intergrowths, requires an appropriate particle size, acquired by size reduction operations. The method for treating mineral which has a high efficiency fines particles recovery is flotation. The main purpose of the present study is to evaluate the recovery of quartz and potassium feldspar using cationic diamine and quaternary ammonium salt as collectors by means of dissolved air flotation DAF. The tests were performed based on a central composite design 24, by which the influence of process variables was statistically verified: concentration of the quaternary ammonium salt and diamine collectors, pH and conditioning time. The efficiency of flotation was calculated from the removal of turbidity of the solution. Results of maximum flotation efficiency (60%) were found in the level curves, plotted in conditions of low concentrations of collectors (1,0 x 10-5 mol.L-1). These high flotation efficiencies were obtained when operating at pH 4 to 8 with conditioning time ranging from 3 to 5 minutes. Thus, the results showed that the process variables have played important roles in the dissolved air flotation process concerning the flotability of the minerals. / No Rio Grande do Norte os pegmatitos respondem por grande parte da produ??o dos minerais industriais quartzo e feldspato. O quartzo e feldspato dos pegmatitos podem ocorrer em bols?es com dimens?es centim?tricas a m?tricas ou na forma de intercrescimentos milim?tricos a submilim?tricos. No caso dos intercrescimentos, a libera??o f?sica correta do mineral de interesse envolve a adequa??o granulom?trica atrav?s de opera??es de redu??o de tamanho. O m?todo no tratamento mineral que apresenta alta efici?ncia na recupera??o de finos ? a flota??o. O presente trabalho tem como objetivo principal avaliar a recupera??o de quartzo e feldspato pot?ssico utilizando os coletores cati?nicos diamina e sal quatern?rio de am?nio no processo de flota??o por ar dissolvido FAD. Os testes foram realizados baseados em um planejamento central composto 24, atrav?s do qual verificou-se estatisticamente a influ?ncia das vari?veis de processo: concentra??o dos coletores sal quatern?rio de am?nio e diamina, pH e tempo de condicionamento. A efici?ncia de flota??o foi calculada a partir do grau de remo??o de turbidez da solu??o. Resultados de m?xima efici?ncia de flota??o (60%) foram encontrados nas curvas de n?vel, plotadas nas condi??es de baixas concentra??es dos coletores (1,0x10-5 mol.L-1). Estas altas efici?ncias de flota??o foram obtidas operando-se na faixa de pH 4 8 com tempo de condicionamento variando de 3 a 5 minutos. Sendo assim, os resultados obtidos mostraram que as vari?veis de processo desempenharam pap?is importantes no processo de flota??o por ar dissolvido em rela??o ? flotabilidade dos minerais.