DEPRESSANT FOR ORE MINERAL FLOTATION, COMPOSITION AND PROCESS FOR ENRICHING A MINERAL

摘要

Depressants comprising one or more types of polysaccharides comprising one or more types of pentosan units are provided. Also disclosed are processes for enriching a desired mineral from an ore comprising the desired mineral and gangue, wherein the process comprises carrying out a flotation process in the presence of one or more collecting agents and one or more of the depressants.