A comprehensive kinetic study of the xanthate ions sorption on CuS was performed as a function of different experimental conditions of temperature and concentration. Adsorption kinetics experiments indicated that xanthate adsorption onto the CuS reached steady-state within approximately seven and ten minutes from the start of the experiment in case of high and lower concentration of xanthate anions respectively. Legregran’s first order equation was applied for the determination of the rate constant. Temperature had a positive effect on kinetics of the process and from the temperature dependence of the rate constant, energy of activation was calculated.


SYED MUSTAFA ,ABDUL NAEEM ,DILHARA BEGUM ,SYED TASLEEM ,SULTANA QAMAR ,HAMID ALI ,