Leaching of the antimony and accompanying of elements Sb2S3 in the alkaline medium
Title:
Leaching of the antimony and accompanying of elements Sb2S3 in the alkaline medium
Author:
Emília Sminčáková Dagmar Remeteiová
Appeared in:
Acta Montanistica Slovaka
Paging:
Volume 12 (2007) nr. 2 pages 146-149
Year:
2007
Contents:
This paper presents results of the laboratory investigation of alkaline leaching of stibnite that is an important mineral occuring in the antimony-bearing raw materials. The following components were present in stibnite: Sb2S3, SiO2, ZnS, FeS2. The aim of this study was to establish the effect of composition of the aqueous alkaline leaching medium (1 % NaOH, 1 % NaOH + 1 % Na2S2O3, 1 % NaOH + 1 % Na2S) on the recoveries of Sb, Fe, Pb, Zn, Cu, Ni and Hg. The antimony recoveries in the leaching solutions NaOH and NaOH + Na2S2O3 solutions were lower in comparison with the leaching in NaOH + Na2S. The Fe, Pb, Zn recoveries in alkaline solutions were found to decrease in the following order: Fe, Pb, Zn. The mercury recovery in the leaching test with the solution containing 1 % NaOH+1 % Na2S was 3,7 %.
Publisher:
Technical University of Kosice, the Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Control and Geotechnologies (F BERG)
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