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dc.contributor.authorDhar, Priyanka
dc.contributor.authorHavskjold, Håkon
dc.contributor.authorThornhill, Maria
dc.contributor.authorRoelants, Sophie
dc.contributor.authorSoetaert, Wim
dc.contributor.authorKota, Hanumantha Rao
dc.contributor.authorChernyshova, Irina
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-04T08:41:07Z
dc.date.available2021-02-04T08:41:07Z
dc.date.created2020-11-23T12:54:58Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn0021-9797
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2726090
dc.description.abstractThe United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals have sparked growing interest in biosurfactants from many surfactant-loaded industries including those utilizing froth flotation for mineral separation. However, the interaction of biosurfactants with mineral surfaces is currently poorly understood. We bridge this gap by studying adsorption of a yeast-derived bola acidic sophorolipid (ASL) biosurfactant on djurleite (Cu1.94S). The methods used include Hallimond flotation, contact angle, adsorption isotherm, zeta potential, leaching measurements, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). To facilitate the interpretation of the adsorption results, we characterize the activity of ASL at the air-water interface and measure its critical micelle concentration (CMC) at different pH using static surface tension. We find ASL to be a multifunctional surfactant with an unusual, pH-sensitive interfacial behavior. At the air-water interface, ASL is most active at pH 8, while its CMC goes through minimum as low as 40 μM at pH 7. The surfactant adsorption at the djurleite-water interface makes the sulfide surface hydrophilic at acidic pH and hydrophobic at neutral and basic pH. In addition, ASL has strong affinity to copper sulfide and demonstrates metal leaching properties. Finally, ASL demonstrates detergency properties. We offer a mechanistic interpretation of these findings. Our results provide a basis for the application of acidic glycolipids in froth flotation and have implications for their application in ion separation using hydrometallurgical routes, as well as for the chemical stability of metal sulfides in environmental systems.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleToward Green Flotation: Interaction of a Sophorolipid Biosurfactant with a Copper Sulfideen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.source.journalJournal of Colloid and Interface Scienceen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jcis.2020.11.079
dc.identifier.cristin1851031
dc.description.localcode© 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).en_US
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