I-ejenti yokubamba emnyama isetshenziswa kakhulu ku-sulfide flotation.Isetshenziswe kusukela ngo-1925.
Igama layo lamakhemikhali yi-dihydrocarbyl thiophosphate.Ihlukaniswe izigaba ezimbili:
i-dialkyl dithiophosphate ne-dialkyl monothiophosphate.Izinzile Inokuhle
izakhiwo futhi ingasetshenziswa nge-pH ephansi ngaphandle kokubola ngokushesha.