1.Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose(CMC) for Mineral Processing Industry
Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose is widely used in Mineral Processing Industry. For mining industry, "YUYU" CMC products helps company to constantly improve the cost efficiency of operations.
Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose is used in mining flotation to separate the metals and impurities as a high-purity, high-efficiency suspending agent.
2. Commodity Name: Sodium Carboxymethyl cellulose
CAS No.: 【9004-32-4】
E No.: 【E466】
Molecular formula :［C6H7O2(OH)2OCH2COONa］n
Synonyms: Carboxymethyl Cellulose, Carboxy Methyl Cellulose, CMC, Sodium CMC, Na-CMC
HS Code: 39123100
3. Description
Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose is a cellulose derivative with carboxymethyl groups bound to some of the hydroxyl groups of the glucopyranose monomers that make up the cellulose backbone. It is often used as its sodium salt, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose. Derivative products are usually applied in certain specific scenarios. Next, we will provide information about different products applicable to various scenarios. You can review and choose them. Additionally, we also offer customized services.
4.Products
1) Phosphorite inhibitor
Recommended model: (Derivative) Mine-Phos 1500
Viscosity range: 1,200-1,800
DS Value: 0.65-0.85
Key features: Strongly selective inhibition of carbonate gangue, improving phosphate concentrate grade and recovery rate
Typical applications: Sedimentary phosphorite: Inhibits dolomite and calcite; Magmatic apatite: Inhibits silicate gangue
2) Fluorite/Barite-specific Inhibitor
Recommended Model: (Derivative) Mine-Fluorspar 2000
Viscosity Range: 1,500-2,500
DS Value: 0.65-0.85
Key Features: Selectively inhibits calcite and barite, enabling efficient fluorite purification
Typical Applications: Fluorite Flotation: Produces high-purity acid-grade fluorite (CaF₂≥97%) Barite Purification: Eliminates associated fluorite and calcite
3) Special Inhibitor for Tungsten Ore
Recommended Model: (Derived) Mine-Tungsten 1800
Viscosity Range: 1,500-2,200
DS Value: 0.65-0.85
Key Features: Inhibits calcium-bearing gangue (calcite, fluorite, apatite) and enhances tungsten concentrate grade
Typical Applications: Flotation of wolframite/monazite: Achieves efficient separation of tungsten from calcium-bearing gangue-Recovery of tungsten fines: Extracts tungsten minerals from fine slurries
4) Special Inhibitor for Reverse Flotation of Iron Ore
Recommended model: (Derived) Mine-Iron 2500
Viscosity range: 2,000-3,000
DS. Value: 0.65-0.85
Key features: Highly effective in suppressing iron minerals during cationic collector reverse flotation, enabling silicon-iron separation
Typical applications: Magnetite/hematite reverse flotation: Produces high-grade iron concentrate (Fe≥68%); Limonite roasting magnetic separation: Enhances separation efficiency of roasted ore
5) Special Inhibitor for Copper-Nickel Ore
Recommended Model: (Derived) Mine-CuNi 1200
Viscosity Range: 1,000-1,500
DS Value: ≥0.90
Key Features: Selectively inhibits magnesium-bearing gangue (serpentine, olivine, talc), enhancing copper-nickel concentrate grade
Typical Applications: Sulfide copper-nickel ores: Inhibits gangue and improves nickel concentrate grade; Nickel oxide ores: Processed in combined smelting and beneficiation processes for laterite nickel ores
6) Special dispersant for potassium salt mines
Recommended model: (Derived) Mine-Potash 800
Viscosity range: 500-1,000
DS. Value: 0.65-0.85
Key features: Effectively disperses clay ore slurry to prevent interference with potassium salt flotation, enhancing recovery rates
Typical applications: Halite decomposition flotation: Improves KCl recovery; Potash rock salt flotation: Optimizes flotation conditions
7) Special dispersant inhibitor for bauxite
Recommended model: (Derived) Mine-Bauxite 1400
Viscosity range: 1,200-1,600
DS. Value: 0.65-0.85
Key features: Dispersion of silica-containing minerals (kaolinite, illite) to prevent their incorporation into the concentrate, thereby improving the aluminum-silicon ratio
Typical applications: Bayer process bauxite: Reduces SiO₂ content in the concentrate; Sintering process bauxite: Enhances Al₂O₃ recovery rate
8) Special Dispersant Purifier for Kaolin
Recommended Model: (Derived) Mine-Kaolin 1000
Viscosity Range: 800-1,200
DS Value: 0.65-0.85
Key Features: Disperses kaolin slurry while inhibiting iron and titanium impurities, enhancing whiteness
Typical Applications: Paper-grade kaolin: Eliminates iron and titanium impurities, improves whiteness and brightness; Ceramic-grade kaolin: Reduces Fe₂O₃ and TiO₂ content
9) Special flocculant for coal slime water
Recommended model: (Derived) Mine-Coal 4500
Viscosity range: 4,000-5,000
DS Value: 0.65-0.85
Key features: Rapidly forms dense flocs in coal slime water, enabling clear water recirculation and improved coal preparation efficiency
Typical applications: Coal slime water concentration: Accelerates coal slime settling for clear water coal preparation; Flotation tail coal treatment: Enhances tail coal filter efficiency
10) Specialized for gold cyanide pulp
Recommended Model: (Derived) Mine-Gold 2000
Viscosity Range: 1,500-2,500
DS Value: ≥0.90
Key Features: Stabilizes in highly alkaline cyanide ore pulp, enhances gold recovery as a filtration aid
Typical Applications: CIP/CIL (Complete Immersion Process) plants: Improves pulp filtration performance and reduces gold loss; Heap leaching gold solution treatment: Clarifies gold-containing solutions
11) Specialized for copper leaching solution clarification
Recommended Model: Mine-CuSX 1800 (Derivative)
Viscosity Range: 1,500-2,200
DS Value: ≥0.90
Key Features: Rapid flocculation of suspended solids in acidic leaching solutions, purifying the leachate, and enhancing extraction efficiency
Typical Applications: -Copper heap leaching/stirred leaching: Clarifies copper-containing leachate and reduces extraction phase entrainment. -Solvent extraction (SX): Prevents interfacial contamination and improves extraction efficiency
12) Special for High Pressure Acid Leaching of Red Soil Nickel Ore
Recommended model: (Derived) Mine-NiHPAL 3500
Viscosity range: 3,000-4,000
DS value: ≥0.90
Key features: Stabilizes in high-temperature, high-pressure acid leaching pulp, coagulates and neutralizes precipitates to achieve solid-liquid separation
Typical applications: High-pressure acid leaching (HPAL) of laterite nickel ore: Coagulation and sedimentation under high-temperature, high-acid conditions; Neutralization and impurity removal: Coagulation of iron-aluminum hydroxides for precipitation
13) Special Inhibitor for Rare Earth Ore
Recommended model: (Derived) Mine-RE 1600
Viscosity range: 1,200-2,000
DS Value: ≥0.90
Key features: Selectively inhibits gangue containing rare earth minerals, enhancing rare earth concentrate grade
Typical application scenarios: Fluorocarbon cerium ore flotation: Inhibits gangue such as barite and calcite; Ion-adsorption type rare earth: Used as a flocculant in leaching solutions
14) Lithium spodumene flotation special
Recommended model: (Derived) Mine-Lithium 1400
Viscosity range: 1,000-1,800
DS Value: 0.65-0.85
Key features: Inhibits iron-bearing gangue minerals, enhancing spodumene concentrate grade and recovery rate
Typical applications: -Pegmatite-type lithium mines: Enables separation of spodumene from feldspar and mica. -Salt lake lithium resources: Removes suspended solids during pretreatment
15) Special Inhibitor for Graphite Flotation
Recommended model: (Derived) Mine-Graphite 900
Viscosity range: 600-1,200
DS Value: 0.65-0.85
Key features: Suppresses silicate gangue and enhances fixed carbon content in graphite concentrate
Typical applications: Crystalline graphite ore: Improves purity of large-scale graphite; Amorphous graphite: Reduces ash content and increases fixed carbon
16) Quartz sand/silica sand dedicated
Recommended model: (Derived) Mine-Silica 700
Viscosity range: 500-900
DS. Value: 0.65-0.85
Key features: Dispersion of clay ore slurry while inhibiting quartz in reverse flotation, achieving high-purity quartz purification
Typical applications: Quartz sand for photovoltaic glass: Reduces Fe₂O₃ content; High-purity quartz: Used for semiconductor and optical fiber raw material purification
17) Phosphogypsum filtration dedicated
Recommended model: Mine-Gypsum 4000 (derivative)
Viscosity range: 3,500-4,500
DS Value: 0.65-0.85
Key features: As a filtration aid, it enhances phosphogypsum filtration efficiency and reduces filter cake moisture
Typical applications: Phosphogypsum byproduct from wet-process phosphoric acid production: Improves filtration efficiency and reduces energy consumption; Comprehensive utilization of phosphogypsum: Enhances dewatering performance
18) Specialized for red mud sedimentation
Recommended model: (Derived) Mine-RedMud 5500
Viscosity range: 5,000-6,000
DS Value: ≥0.90
Key features: Rapid flocculation of red mud in Bayer process high-temperature strong alkali system, enabling efficient separation of sodium aluminate solution
Typical applications: Bayer process alumina production: Red mud sedimentation separation to enhance settling speed; Red mud washing: Improve washing efficiency and reduce alkali loss
19) Special flocculant for dry discharge of tailings
Recommended model: Mine-DryStack 6000 (derivative)
Viscosity range: 5,500-7,000
DS value: 0.65-0.85
Key features: Ultra-high viscosity design to form large, dense flocs, meeting paste tailings and dry discharge requirements
Typical applications: Tailings paste discharge: Enables tailings paste storage, reducing water consumption and land use; Underground filling: Used as a flocculant thickener for filling materials
20) Fine mineral flocculation flotation
Recommended model: (Derived) Mine-Shear 2200
Viscosity range: 1,800-2,500
DS Value: 0.65-0.85
Key features: Shear flocculation enables selective flocculation of fine particles with valuable minerals prior to flotation, enhancing recovery rates
Typical applications: Fine iron ore flocculation flotation: Improves recovery of fine iron minerals; Fine manganese ore recovery: Processing of-10μm grade manganese minerals
21) Slurry rheological modifier
Recommended model: (Derived) Mine-Rheo 3000
Viscosity range: 2,500-3,500
DS Value: 0.65-0.85
Key features: Regulates rheology of high-concentration ore slurries, reduces yield stress, and improves conveying and mixing performance Typical applications: Pipeline conveyance of high-concentration ore slurries: Reduces conveying resistance; Slurry fluidization in mixing tanks: Enhances mixing efficiency
22) Selective flocculation for sludge removal
Recommended model: (Derived) Mine-Select 2000
Viscosity range: 1,500-2,500
DS Value: ≥0.90
Key features: The high DS value enables selective adsorption, achieving selective flocculation separation of valuable minerals and gangue in fine particles
Typical applications: Fine iron ore desliming: Selective flocculation of iron minerals and dispersion of siliceous mineral sludge; Potassium salt ore desliming: Selective flocculation of clay to improve potassium salt recovery rate
23) Specialized for seawater/high-salinity mineral processing
Recommended model: (Derivative) Mine-SeaWater 1500
Viscosity range: 1,200-1,800
DS value:≥0.90
Key characteristics: High DS value design ensures no salting-out or degradation in high-salinity seawater, maintaining stable performance
Typical applications: Coastal mineral processing plants: Directly use seawater as processing medium; Mineral processing in water-scarce areas: Utilize high-salinity water circulation to conserve freshwater resources
24) Specialized for low temperature mineral processing
Recommended model: (Derivative) Mine-Cold 2000
Viscosity range: 1,500-2,500
DS Value: 0.65-0.85
Key features: Maintains excellent solubility and inhibition/flocculation performance in low-temperature ore slurries (0-10°C)
Typical applications: Mineral processing plants in cold regions: Processing under winter low-temperature conditions; Mines in permafrost zones: Mineral processing operations in cold climates
25) High temperature mineral processing special
Recommended model: (Derived) Mine-Hot 3000
Viscosity range: 2,500-3,500
DS value: ≥0.90
Key features: Resistant to degradation in high-temperature ore slurries (50-80°C), maintaining stable performance
Typical applications: -Tropical ore processing plants: Designed for high-temperature environments-Hot-water flotation processes: Suitable for certain tungsten ore processing
26) Environmentally friendly biodegradation
Recommended model: (Derivative) Mine-Green 1800
Viscosity range: 1,500-2,200
DS Value: 0.65-0.85
Key features: Low biotoxicity, easily biodegradable, meets strict environmental standards
Typical application scenarios: Ecologically sensitive area mines: Mining around nature reserves; Green Mine Certification: Meets green mine construction requirements
5. Properties
For mining industry, "YUYU" CMC products helps company to constantly improve the cost efficiency of operations. Additionally, as a globally recognized PAC/CMC manufacturer, "YUYU"ensure supply of process and performance chemical aids wherever operations are located, at comparative prices and stable quality. "YUYU" is also reliable suppliers able to adjust and customize products to fit various conditions and situations in mining processes.
For minerals such as those associated with the Copper, Gold, Nickel, Platinum Group Metals and Potash, "YUYU" CMC increase cost efficiency in the process of separating valuable mineral components from the gangue minerals.
In the process of Iron ore pellets. "YUYU" CMC products are used as binder and ensure outstanding green strength of the pellets during the process of pelletization. In comparison with commonly used alternative bentonite and hydrated lime, "YUYU" CMC brings more economical benefits and multi-functional advantages.
6. Package
Packing:25kg kraft paper bag, or other packing as clients request.
7. Storage
1.Store in a cool, dry, clean, ventilated environment.
2. Since the date of production, a preservation period should not exceed 4 years for the industrial product.
3. The products should be prevented from water and package bag damaging during transportation.
8. Certificate for Kosher, HALAL, ISO9001, ISO14001 and so on.
We can provide detailed test indicators for each product model, and derivative products also support customization. If you need this information or have other production application requirements, please feel free to contact us at any time!
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