12.3 Primary Copper Smelting
copper. A continuous process called floatation, which uses water, various flotation chemicals,pressed air, separates the ore into fractions. Depending upon the chemicals used, some minerals float to the surface and are removed in a foam of air bubbles, while others sink and are reprocessed. Pine oils, cresylic acid, and long chain alcohols are used for the flotation of copper ores. The


































