Thermodynamics of Copper Arsenious Raw Materials Dissolution in Nitric Acid

Abstract:

This article describes thermodynamic study of hydrometallurgical method for processing of copper arsenious gold-containing raw material. Chemical and phase composition of the material were researched. Calculations of the Gibbs energy change were conducted for possible reactions of the main minerals, present in the raw material, with nitric acid. Eh-pH diagrams and solid/liquid equilibrium distribution diagrams, which were constructed in order to confirm the possibility of obtaining the required reaction products through nitric acid leaching of the studied raw material.

• Periodical: Solid State Phenomena (Volume 316)
• Pages: 678-683
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.316.678
• Online since: April 2021
• Authors: Oleg A. Dizer*, Denis A. Rogozhnikov, Stanislav S. Naboichenko
• Keywords: Arsenic, Copper, Leaching, Nitric Acid, Tennantite, Thermodynamic Study

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