Many academic studies were carried out in the United States during the 1930's and 1940's, motivated by the correlation between the pulp aggregation state and the recovery at the flotation process, observed in industrial circuits. The aim of this work is to contribute to a better understanding of the phenomenon within the Brazilian reality. Microflotation and dispersion tests were carried out with quartz, apatite and calcite particles. The results strengthen the assertion by Taggart and co-workers that the aggregation occurs in the pulp as an effect of the reagents action and not as the primary cause of good flotability.
flotation; aggregation; dispersion
