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ArticlePolymers2025

Compressibility and Rheology of Clay Tailings: Effects of Sodium Polyacrylate in Presence of Divalent Cations.

Steven Nieto, Eder Piceros, Yanko Castañeda, Pedro Robles, Williams Leiva, Gonzalo R Quezada, Ricardo I Jeldres

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Article in Polymers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors.

Steven NietoWater Research Center for Agriculture and Mining (CHRIAM), Victoria 1295, Concepción 4030000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-8765-081X
Eder PicerosFacultad de Ingeniería y Arquitectura, Universidad Arturo Prat, Iquique 1100000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0003-2337-848X
Yanko CastañedaDepartamento de Ingeniería Química y Procesos de Minerales, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta 1240000, Chile.
Pedro RoblesEscuela de Ingeniería Química, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaiso, Valparaíso 2340000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-8312-7554
Williams LeivaFacultad de Ingeniería, Universidad San Sebastián, Sede Concepción, Concepción 4030000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-3855-9489
Gonzalo R QuezadaDepartamento de Ingeniería de Procesos y Bioproductos, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Av. Collao 1202, Concepción 4030000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-8670-6260
Ricardo I JeldresDepartamento de Ingeniería Química y Procesos de Minerales, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta 1240000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-6957-5406

Funding

Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo ANILLO Project ACT210027Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Fondap/1523A0001Centro Avanzado de Tecnología para la Minería (AMTC) AFB230001
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Abstract

Increasing water scarcity in arid regions has prompted the mining industry to develop strategies to maximize water recovery and reuse, especially in tailings treatment processes. In this context, the present investigation evaluated the effects of sodium polyacrylate (NaPA) on the compressibility and viscoelasticity of clayey tailings in the presence of hard water containing calcium and magnesium. To this end, clayey slurries were analyzed using rheological tests (rheograms and oscillatory viscoelasticity), zeta potential measurements, and compressibility tests using batch centrifugation. The yield stress was determined using the Herschel-Bulkley model, while the compressive yield stress (Py(Φ)) was calculated as a key indicator to characterize the degree of sediment consolidation. The results showed that NaPA, due to its anionic nature and high degree of ionization at pH 8, induces effective particle dispersion by increasing electrostatic repulsion and decreasing the interaction force between particles, which reduces both rheological parameters and compressive yield stress. For the 70/30 quartz/kaolin mixture, the yield stress decreased from 70.54 to 61.64 Pa in CaCl

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clay tailingscompressibilitydivalent cationsrheologysodium polyacrylate

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PMID40732782
PMCPMC12299732

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