Modified Products of Fatty Acids

Although fatty acids and related soaps have been widely applied in the flotation of oxidize minerals, their flotation performance is still bad. Because of their bad selectivities and solubilities, ore pulps must be heated when fatty acids and related soaps are used in the flotation process. Main methods for improving the flotation performances of fatty acids and related soaps lie in the following aspects  

It can be achieved by introducing high polarity groups or unsamrated bonds. 

Because the structures and characteristics of samrated and unsamrated fatty acids are diverse, their modification processing is different, too. In general, other groups are introduced into the a-position of saturated fatty acids. But other groups are usually introduced into unsaturated bond of unsaturated fatty acids. 

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