Oct 27, 2013 The samples were ground and mixed with water and sulphuric acid to form an acid soluble copper content of 4.07 %, 8.14 % total copper and 22 % solids. The leaching was carried in duration of 0-6 ...
Read MoreApr 25, 2018 The flowsheet discussed in this study is for treatment of 100 tons per day oxide-sulfide copper ore by the leaching process using sulfuric acid-ferric sulfate solvent. This flowsheet would also be suitable for a larger tonnage by proper sizing of
Read MoreAbstract: The leaching of dolomitic-copper ore using sulphuric acid under controlled conditions was studied with a view to evaluating the economic value and the effect of ore pulverisation, particle size, temperature and pH on the recovery of copper from chalcopyrite. The samples were ground and mixed with water and sulphuric acid to form an acid
Read MoreThe leaching of dolomitic-copper ore using sulphuric acid under controlled conditions was studied with a view to evaluating the economic value and the effect of ore pulverisation, particle size ...
Read MoreAcid Storage. The large storage-tank for 66° B. acid is 8 feet in diameter and 8 feet high, lined with 10-pound lead. It holds about 46,000 pounds of 66° sulphuric acid. The small tank is the old Roessler converter 4 feet in diameter and 6 feet high, and holds about
Read MoreThe mined ore is usually crushed into small chunks and heaped on an impermeable plastic or clay lined leach pad where it can be irrigated with a leach solution to dissolve the valuable metals. While sprinklers are occasionally used for irrigation, more often operations use drip irrigation to minimize evaporation, provide more uniform distribution of the leach solution, and avoid damaging the exposed mineral. The solution then percolates through the heap and leaches both the target and other minerals. This process, called the "leach cycle," generally takes from one or two months for simple oxide ores (e.g. mo
Read MoreJul 01, 2003 The influence of NaNO 3 concentration on the copper leaching degree was determined in a NaNO 3 concentration range from 0.15 to 0.60 mol dm −3 and a time frame from 3 to 30 min. The other experimental conditions were constant (80 °C, 1.0 mol dm −3 H 2 SO 4, stirring speed 300 min −1 and phase ratio 20 g Cu 2 S/1.2 dm 3).The effect of changing the initial concentration of NaNO 3 is shown ...
Read MoreMar 01, 2020 High concentration of sulfuric acid is in favor of increasing copper extraction rate and also has a slight contribution to minimizing leaching time. Sulfuric acid at 0.4 mol/L is sufficient to obtain the highest Cu extraction rate of 68.5% in 120 min. Thus 0.4 mol/L of sulfuric acid was confirmed to be optimal value for subsequent leaching tests.
Read MoreThe leaching reagent (dilute sulfuric acid) is sprayed through sprinklers on top of the heap pile and allowed to trickle down through the heap, where it dissolves the copper from the ore. The resulting solution of sulfuric acid and copper sulfate is collected in a small pool. Copper concentration is around 65%. Next step is solvent extraction.
Read Moreleaching processes, in particular by leaching oxide copper ores with sulphuric acid and subsequent downstream processing of the leachate through solvent extraction followed by the electrowinning of copper (SX-EW). At present, heap leaching is a well-known industrial process for the treatment of
Read More4.2 Leaching The leaching of the ores was conducted at different solution compositions (of sulphuric acid and hydrogen peroxide), temperatures and particle size fractions. Fig. 5 shows typical leaching characteristics (53-75 microns, 0.732 M sulphuric acid and 0.025 M hydrogen peroxide) of different metal values existing in the ore. Only copper and
Read More4.2 Leaching The leaching of the ores was conducted at different solution compositions (of sulphuric acid and hydrogen peroxide), temperatures and particle size fractions. Fig. 5 shows typical leaching characteristics (53-75 microns, 0.732 M sulphuric acid and 0.025 M hydrogen peroxide) of different metal values existing in the ore. Only copper and
Read MoreApr 19, 2019 When leaching with sulphuric acid lixiviants, and if the ore contains no sulphides or sulphates, the acid cost may constitute a preponderating proportion of the expense, and a source of cheap acid becomes a vital factor. ... Extraction of copper from suitable ore by leaching methods is generally assumed to cost less than the combined expense of ...
Read MoreAug 01, 2014 We compared copper extraction from ore 1) by addition of sulphuric acid to leach solution to maintain a pH of 2.0 and 2) by biological formation of sulphuric acid from S o oxidation in the ore bed. In the case of (1), the pH of the recirculating leach solution was adjusted 4 to 5 times weekly to pH 2.0 by addition of 5 M H 2 SO 4.In the case of (2), H 2 SO 4 was added only with the initial ...
Read MoreOxide copper ore, mixed oxide-sulphide ores and low-grade copper sulphide ore, which, for economic reasons, cannot be enriched by flotation, may be processed by leaching methods. Agents for leaching copper can be acid, base, or salt solutions. Of all of these agents, sulphuric acid has been given the
Read MoreSulfide ores. Secondary sulfides – those formed by supergene secondary enrichment – are resistant to sulfuric leaching.These ores are a mixture of copper carbonate, sulfate, phosphate, and oxide minerals and secondary sulfide minerals, dominantly chalcocite but other minerals such as digenite can be important in some deposits.. Supergene ores
Read MoreOres containing cupric oxide (CuO) are commonly reacted with sulfuric acid to produce a copper-containing material that is more easily processed. This process is known as sulfuric acid leaching. a) Write a balanced chemical equation for the reaction of cupric oxide with sulfuric acid.
Read Moreproved that the leaching degree of titanium from altered ilmenites barely reaches 15% with a leaching process duration of 5 h, even when 90–95% sulfuric acid solutions are used [29]. Leaching with sulfuric acid cannot ensure complete recovery of titanium from this ore due to the chemical inertness of rutile with respect to concentrated ...
Read MoreThe leaching of dolomitic-copper ore using sulphuric acid under controlled conditions was studied with a view to evaluating the economic value and the effect of ore pulverisation, particle size, temperature and pH on the recovery of copper from chalcopyrite. The samples were ground and mixed with water and sulphuric acid to form an acid soluble copper content of 4.07 %, 8.14 % total copper and ...
Read Moredissolution of copper oxide ore. Figure 3. E ect of sulphuric acid concentration on the dissolution of copper oxide ore. ratio of 10 mL/g is found to be optimal for leaching of copper using H2SO4. This can be explained in a way that the leaching agent is in excess of the calculated amount for the extraction of copper. After 75 min of
Read Moreleaching from low grade copper oxide ore by sulphuric acid, and they have obtained leaching percent of cop-per over 90%. Compared with the copper leaching effi-ciency of about 35% in the mill running technology the leaching process has achieved a better economic result. In the present study the leaching of oxide-sulfide copper ore was ...
Read More2.1 Leaching. Most copper leaching is done by piling broken ore (∼0.5% Cu) into flat-surface, 3–10m high, 10 4 –10 5 m 2 heaps of ore and then sprinkling dilute sulfuric acid lixiviant on to the heap surface. The lixiviant trickles down through the heap and leaches copper from its minerals to produce a pregnant leach solution containing 1–5kg Cum −3.
Read MoreThe leaching reagent (dilute sulfuric acid) is sprayed through sprinklers on top of the heap pile and allowed to trickle down through the heap, where it dissolves the copper from the ore. The resulting solution of sulfuric acid and copper sulfate is collected in a small pool. Copper concentration is around 65%. Next step is solvent extraction.
Read MoreThe leaching of dolomitic-copper ore using sulphuric acid under controlled conditions was studied with a view to evaluating the economic value and the effect of ore pulverisation, particle size, temperature and pH on the recovery of copper from chalcopyrite. The samples were ground and mixed with water and sulphuric acid to form an acid soluble copper content of 4.07 %, 8.14 % total copper and ...
Read Moreleaching processes, in particular by leaching oxide copper ores with sulphuric acid and subsequent downstream processing of the leachate through solvent extraction followed by the electrowinning of copper (SX-EW). At present, heap leaching is a well-known industrial process for the treatment of
Read More4.2 Leaching The leaching of the ores was conducted at different solution compositions (of sulphuric acid and hydrogen peroxide), temperatures and particle size fractions. Fig. 5 shows typical leaching characteristics (53-75 microns, 0.732 M sulphuric acid and 0.025 M hydrogen peroxide) of different metal values existing in the ore. Only copper and
Read MoreAccording to studies, a feasible solution would be to pretreat the ore to remove copper minerals prior to cyanidation. The goal of this experimental work was to study the conditions for the removal of copper from the Igarapé Bahia gold-copper ore by sulfuric acid leaching, applying a statistical approach to the experimental design.
Read MoreMar 29, 2020 A copper sulfide concentrate with a grain size of 0.074 mm (90%) and a copper content of 24.5% obtained by the flotation concentration of ore from the Udokan deposit and ozone with a concentration of 80–180 mg/L in a mixture with oxygen are used for the study. The concentrate is fed into a stirred reactor at a rate of 1–5 mL/s.
Read Moredissolution of copper oxide ore. Figure 3. E ect of sulphuric acid concentration on the dissolution of copper oxide ore. ratio of 10 mL/g is found to be optimal for leaching of copper using H2SO4. This can be explained in a way that the leaching agent is in excess of the calculated amount for the extraction of copper. After 75 min of
Read More2.1 Leaching. Most copper leaching is done by piling broken ore (∼0.5% Cu) into flat-surface, 3–10m high, 10 4 –10 5 m 2 heaps of ore and then sprinkling dilute sulfuric acid lixiviant on to the heap surface. The lixiviant trickles down through the heap and leaches copper from its minerals to produce a pregnant leach solution containing 1–5kg Cum −3.
Read MoreLeaching Sulfides by Sulphuric Acid: Copper. The leaching reagent (dilute sulfuric acid) is sprayed through sprinklers on top of the heap pile and allowed to trickle down through the heap, where it dissolves the copper from the ore. The resulting solution of sulfuric acid and copper sulfate is collected in a
Read MoreHowever, it is also applicable in locations where smelter acid is not available by the purchase of sulfuric acid or the manufacture of sulfuric acid from sulfur or pyrite. In addition, it offers the opportunity to recover copper from an entirely different set of ores
Read MoreMar 01, 2014 For each experiment, 40 mL of various sulfuric acid solutions of 0.4–2.0 M and 10 g of ore sample were employed to dissolve the copper and iron incorporated in the malachite ore. Then, the impure copper solution was treated with hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) to ensure that all iron (II) ions were converted to iron (III).
Read MoreIn 1968 there were only two widely practiced copper leaching processes using dilute sulphuric acid. The first process, vat leaching of high-grade copper oxide ore followed by EW of copper from the leach solution, produced low quality copper cathode at relatively high cost. In 1968 the tonnage of high-grade oxide ores was decreasing and vat ...
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