
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Salamy, SG 
A1  - Nixon, JC 
T1  - Reaction between a mercury surface and some flotation reagents: and electochemical study. I. Polarization curves
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1954
VL  - 7
IS  - 2
SP  - 146
EP  - 156
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9540146 
N2  - The reactions between a mercury surface and certain flotation reagents were studied with the aid of polarization curves.   It is found that the reactions occur by electrochemical mechanisms in which oxygen plays an important part.   Cyanide ion inhibits the mercury-xanthate reaction by fixing the mercury ion concentration in equilibrium with the mercury surface.  Sodium sulphite inhibits the mercury-xanthate reaction by removing oxygen from solution.   Xanthate ion rather than xanthic acid is responsible for the formation of a mercury-xanthate film on the mercury surface. 
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