A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Framework for Shifting to Greener Reagents in Mineral Processing

矿物加工使用了许多有毒或危险的试剂，这些试剂在工作场所对健康产生不利影响，并在尾矿库中处理后污染环境。废水和卫生法规的逐步收紧预示着，为了保持其社会许可证，该行业将被迫用更环保的替代品取代有毒试剂。为了满足这一需求，重要的是开发更环保的可再生替代品来替代传统的表面活性剂（例如浮选中的捕收剂和调节剂）。

Mineral processing utilizes many toxic or hazardous reagents which have adverse health effects in the workplace and pollute the environment after disposal in tailing ponds. The progressive tightening of wastewater and health regulations portends a future where the industry, to preserve its social license, will be forced to replace the toxic reagents by the greener alternatives. To meet this need, it is important to develop greener renewable alternatives to the conventional surfactants (e.g. collectors and regulators in flotation).