Recovery of valuable metals from jarosite by sulphuric acid roasting using microwave and water leaching

C. Liu, S. H. Ju, L. B. Zhang, C. Srinivasakannan, J. H. Peng, T. Q.X. Le, Z. Y. Guo

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Abstract

In this paper, jarosite residue (JR) blended with concentrated H2SO4 was subjected to a process comprising microwave roasting and water leaching. The effects of H2SO4/JR weight ratio, microwave roasting temperature and time, water leaching conditions on the recovery of Fe, Zn, In, Cu, Cd, Ag and Pb were investigated utilising a series of experiments. Based on energy conservation and environmental protection, optimum conditions for metals recovery from JR were determined as: H2SO4/JR weight ratio = 0.36, microwave roasting temperature, 250°C; roasting time, 30 min; leaching temperature, 50°C; leaching time, 1 h; and liquid–solid ratio, 4:1 (mL/g), thus, the extraction of Fe, Zn, In, Cu, Ag and Cd were 89.4, 80.7, 85.1, 90.7, 61.3 and 48.8% respectively, while the Pb was concentrated in the final residue. Scanning electron microscope-energy dispersive spectrometer (SEM-EDS) patterns were used to characterise and analyse the transformation of valuable metals in the residue after roasting and leaching.

Original languageBritish English
Pages (from-to)1-9
Number of pages9
JournalCanadian Metallurgical Quarterly
Volume56
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Jan 2017

Keywords

  • Jarosite residue
  • Microwave
  • Sulphuric acid roasting
  • Valuable metals

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