Adsorption of cupferron on malachite (−2 0 1) surface and implication for flotation

This paper investigated the adsorption mechanism of cupferron on the malachite (−2 0 1) surface and the implications for flotation via X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) measurements, density functional theory (DFT) calculations, and microflotation tests. The XPS and FTIR analyses confirmed the adsorption of cupferron on the malachite surface. The DFT calculations indicated that the adsorption was mainly...