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xan·thate

 (zăn′thāt′)
n.
A salt or ester of a xanthic acid, especially a simple xanthic acid salt, as of sodium or potassium, used as a flotation collector for copper, silver, and gold.
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xanthate

(ˈzænθeɪt)
n
(Elements & Compounds) any salt or ester of xanthic acid
xanˈthation n
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Noun1.xanthate - a salt or ester of xanthic acid
cellulose xanthate, viscose - a cellulose ester obtained by treating cellulose with caustic soda
salt - a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
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In general, the flotation performance of these composites was very good, with high silver recoveries achieved using Potassium Amyl Xanthate (PAX) as the primary mineral collector.
The optimized rougher flotation conditions (Table-3) were: pH of pulp 8.5; grind size of ore 80% passing 100 mesh; the amount of lead nitrate as stibnite activator 300 g/ton; amyl xanthate as a stibnite collector 120 g/ton; pine oil as a frother 30 g/ton; sodium silicate as a gangue depressor 200 g/ton and sodium cyanide as a pyrite depressor 50 g/ton.
Yin et al., "Functionalized polyacrylamide by xanthate for Cr (VI) removal from aqueous solution," Chemical Engineering Journal, vol.
Wen, "Absorbed [Pb.sup.2+] and [Cd.sup.2+] ions in Water by Cross-Linked Starch Xanthate," International Journal of Polymer Science, vol.
The flotation trials were conducted in alkaline pH ranging from 8to11 using potassium ethyl xanthate (PEX) as collector.
Cellulose xanthate has numerous applications in various industries, among which mention can be made of its application in floating metals in the extracted mineral rocks.
There are also studies on corrosion protection of aluminum alloy using coatings containing hydrotalcite-bearing organic anions such as benzotriazolate, ethyl xanthate, and oxalate.
Abstract: Mass spectra of reconstructed ion chromatogram (MRIC) technique are used to follow up the grafting copolymerization of 1-vinyl-2-pyrrolidinone (VP) 1-vinyl-3-anisylidine-2-pyrrolidinone (VAP) and ethylmethacrylate (EMA) and cellulose extracted from kenaf using xanthate method.