Study on Leaching Zinc Calcine with High Iron

Abstract:

In recent years, recovering zinc from zinc calcine with high iron has been a matter of discussion. In this paper, sulfuric acid leaching was carried out to assess the effect of several parameters on zinc and iron extraction in zinc calcine with high iron in which the grade of zinc and iron is 53.90% and 19.38%, respectively. Parameters, such as stirring speed, sulfuric acid concentration, liquid to solid ratio and leaching time, were investigated. The results show that leaching time has done nothing to the leaching rate, but has great influence on leaching efficiency. Liquid to solid ratio and sulfuric acid concentration have significant influence on leaching results, and stirring rate has not obvious influence on leaching results. Under the condition of 120g/L sulfuric acid, 6:1 liquid to solid ratio, 55°C leaching temperature and 120min leaching time, the recovery of zinc and iron is 82.24% and 9.64%, respectively. It is obvious that ZnO in zinc calcine is easy to dissolve in acidity solution, which shown in two aspects: high leaching rate and high leaching speed. ZnO can be dissolved entirely in sufficient sulfuric acid in 10min.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 826)
• Pages: 118-121
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.826.118
• Online since: November 2013
• Authors: Jin Lin Yang, Hong Mei Zhang*, Xiu Juan Su, Shao Jian Ma
• Keywords: High Iron, Leaching, Zinc Calcine, Zinc Ferrite

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