Desilication pretreatment and atmospheric leaching of refractory high-silica cobalt white alloy
Received:October 10, 2011   Revised:October 11, 2011   Accepted:October 11, 2011      Published Online:October 26, 2011
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DOI:doi:10.3969/j.issn.1007-7545.2012.02.001
KeyWord:cobalt white alloy; alkali roasting; desilication; pretreatment; atmospheric pressure leaching; copper; cobalt
           
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XU Zhi-feng 江西理工大学 冶金与化学工程学院
HAO Shi-tao 江西理工大学 冶金与化学工程学院
YAN Kang 江西理工大学 冶金与化学工程学院
WANG Cheng-yan 北京矿冶研究总院
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Abstract:
      A new recovery technique of copper and cobalt from refractory high-silica cobalt white alloy was studied. Based on leaching thermodynamic analysis, the staged leaching process was proposed for the separation of cobalt from copper. The alloy structure was destabilized greatly and new phases came into being after pretreatment of alkali-roasting and desilication, by which the effective leaching of cobalt and iron could be achieved in the first-stage leaching. The first-stage atmospheric pressure leaching was further optimized. The experimental results show that the leaching rates of both cobalt and iron are all higher than 99% while almost all the copper is kept in the leaching residue. The leaching technique is also proved stable. After the leaching of cobalt, the copper can be highly effectively leached by three-stage counter current continuous atmospheric pressure leaching.
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