Leaching of zinc and germanium from zinc oxide dust in sulfuric acid-ozone media

Chunfu Xin; Hongying Xia; Qi Zhang; Libo Zhang; Wei Zhang

Arabian Journal of Chemistry (Dec 2021)

Leaching of zinc and germanium from zinc oxide dust in sulfuric acid-ozone media

Chunfu Xin,
Hongying Xia,
Qi Zhang,
Libo Zhang,
Wei Zhang

Affiliations

Chunfu Xin: Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China; State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China; Kunming Key Laboratory of Special Metallurgy, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China; Key Laboratory of Unconventional Metallurgy, Ministry of Education, Kunming 650093, China
Hongying Xia: Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China; State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China; Kunming Key Laboratory of Special Metallurgy, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China; Key Laboratory of Unconventional Metallurgy, Ministry of Education, Kunming 650093, China; Corresponding author at: Peer review under responsibility of King Saud University.
Qi Zhang: Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China; State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China; Kunming Key Laboratory of Special Metallurgy, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China; Key Laboratory of Unconventional Metallurgy, Ministry of Education, Kunming 650093, China
Libo Zhang: Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China; State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China; Kunming Key Laboratory of Special Metallurgy, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China; Key Laboratory of Unconventional Metallurgy, Ministry of Education, Kunming 650093, China; Corresponding author.
Wei Zhang: Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China; State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China; Kunming Key Laboratory of Special Metallurgy, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China; Key Laboratory of Unconventional Metallurgy, Ministry of Education, Kunming 650093, China

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 12
p. 103450

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A new process of leaching zinc oxide dust by ozone oxidation in a sulfuric acid system was studied. The main factors affecting the leaching rate, such as ozone time, leaching temperature, initial acidity, leaching time, and liquid/solid mass ratio, were comprehensively investigated. The results show that leaching efficiency depends on all the above factors. The optimum conditions for leaching Zn and Ge from zinc oxide dust are as follows: ozone time 10 min, leaching temperature 90 ℃, initial acidity 160 g/L, leaching time 60 min, and liquid/solid mass ratio 7:1. Under the optimum conditions, the leaching rates of Zn and Ge are 95.79% and 93.65%, respectively. The leaching rates of zinc and germanium in the ozone leaching are 4.05% and 10.49% higher than those of the atmospheric leaching, respectively. Therefore, it is determined that ozone in solution plays a key role in rapidly oxidizing sulfide and releasing encapsulated germanium. Sulfuric acid-ozone media can efficiently extract Zn and Ge from zinc oxide dust.

Published in Arabian Journal of Chemistry

ISSN: 1878-5352 (Print)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry
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