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Surface broken bonds An efficient way to assess the surface behaviour of mineral Zhiyong Gao Department of Minerals Engineering Central South University, Changsha, China zhiyong.gao@csu.edu.cn CONTENTS  Background  The calculation of surface broken bond density Db  Taking fluorite as example  Relation between Db and surface energy  Positive relation  Using Db to predict cleavage nature and wettability  Accurate prediction  Using Db to explain surface relaxation degree and dissolution rate  Perfect explanation  Using Db to explain adsorption energy and surface charge property  Perfect explanation 1. Background Grinding, a prerequisite for a successful flotation separation in mineral liberation is also used in powder technology, pigment manufacture and cosmetic formulations. During the grinding process, the mineral will cleave and fracture along certain crystal directions that possess relatively weak inter- planar chemical bonds, to form exposed surfaces with surface broken bonds. The particular lattice arrangements and crystal orientations for different minerals lead to differences in the number of broken bonds on each exposed surface, i.e., anisotropic surface broken bonds. The anisotropic broken bonds enable the exposed surfaces to show varying degrees of surface reactivity (including surface energy, surface charge, surface relaxation, dissolution, wettability and adsorption behavior), known as anisotropic surface reactivity. 2. The calculation of surface broken bond density Db Db = Nb /A D — broken bond number per 1 nm2 b Nb — broken bond number per exposed unit cell area A — mesh area of the exposed surface unit cell D =18.96 nm-2