Open AccessThe optimization and characterization of the recycling utilization of raffinate in the copper leaching process
Author(s) -
Long Wang,
Shimin Song,
Hanyu Gao,
Ling Wang,
Siyuan Yang,
Cheng Liu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of materials research and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 2214-0697
pISSN - 2238-7854
DOI - 10.1016/j.jmrt.2019.12.052
Subject(s) - raffinate , leaching (pedology) , materials science , copper , scanning electron microscope , metallurgy , adsorption , desorption , copper extraction techniques , chemical engineering , composite material , extraction (chemistry) , chromatography , chemistry , environmental science , organic chemistry , soil science , engineering , soil water
The raffinate in the extraction process contains plenty of acid and metallic ions, the dispose of which causes the resource loss and environmental pollution. The present study proposed an innovative way to solve this problem by using raffinate as the leaching agent in the copper leaching process. The effects of significant leaching parameters were investigated and optimized using the central composite design (CCD) of response surface methodology (RSM). A maximum leaching efficiency of 96.74 % can be obtained under the 53.22 Kg/t of initial acidity, 2.54 h of leaching time and 5.95 of liquid/solid ratio. In addition, the comparative features of samples before and after leaching process were analyzed by using the X-ray diffraction (XRD), sieving test, scanning electron microscope (SEM) and adsorption-desorption isotherms. We found that the majority of copper components have been removed from copper ores, causing the reduction of size distributions. Specifically, the content of
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