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Analysis of the Effect of Magnetic Separation
Processing Parameters for the Treatment
of Mining Waste
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Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo (UAEH), ICBI, Área académica de Ciencias de la Tierra y Materiales,
Laboratorio de Tecnología de Cerámicos, Carretera Pachuca-Tulancingo Km 4.5 Mineral de la Reforma,
Hidalgo, México, CP 42184
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Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), Cerro Blanco No. 141, Colinas del Cimatario,
C.P. 76090, Querétaro, Querétaro, México
Submission date: 2023-06-08
Final revision date: 2023-08-25
Acceptance date: 2023-10-01
Online publication date: 2023-12-08
Publication date: 2024-02-09
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Felipe Legorreta-García
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo (UAEH), ICBI, Área académica de Ciencias de la Tierra y Materiales,
Laboratorio de Tecnología de Cerámicos, Carretera Pachuca-Tulancingo Km 4.5 Mineral de la Reforma,
Hidalgo, México, CP 42184
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2024;33(2):1991-2000
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ABSTRACT
The reprocessing of mining waste remains a challenge to achieve ecological sustainability.
Magnetic separation is one of the most effective methods for physical separation of materials.
In this research, a magnetic separator with permanent neodymium (Nd-Fe-B) magnets is developed
to remove magnetic particles contained in mining waste powder. Experiments with different variables
were carried out to determine the design parameters for the process, such as: the separation between
magnets, the flow of the material and the concentration of solids in the slurry. In this investigation,
a Taguchi L16 4k matrix was used, considering that the process has 3 controllable factors with 4 levels
each, for which 64 samples were prepared to obtain the parameters that give us a process that works
with greater consistency, considering 2 noise factors (% of magnetics in the sample and the accumulation
of particles). The results of this research will be the basis for the manufacture of a magnetic separator
for the treatment of mining waste.