摘要:
A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY REDUCING HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM AND ACHIEVING THE CEMENTATION OF COPPER FROM A SOLUTION CONTAINING SOLUBLE COPPER COMPOUNDS AND HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS, INCLUDING ADDING SULFURIC ACID TO THE SOLUTION IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITIES TO MAINTAIN A PH IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 1.5 TO ABOUT 3.0 AND INTRODUCING THE SOLUTION INTO A ROTATABLE INCLINED CHAMBER HAVING IRON-CONTAINING OBJECTS THEREIN TO ACCOMPLISH BOTH THE REDUCTION OF THE HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM AND THE CEMENTATION OF A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE COPPER. CEMENTED COPPER IS SEPARATED FROM THE TREATED SOLUTION AND THE SOLUTION MAY THEN BE REPROCESSED FOR FURTHER COPPER REMOVAL.
摘要:
A process for treating zinc plant leach residues for the recovery of the lead, silver, and tin values contained therein is disclosed. The process includes the treatment of the zinc plant residue with concentrated sulphuric acid followed by water leaching and other hydrometallurgical steps to separately recover the lead, silver and tin.
摘要:
A process is provided for recovering valuable metals from geothermal brine comprising introducing donor metallic particles into a geothermal zone which is dominated with hot-pressurized geothermal brine which contains a metal value selected from the group consisting of gold value, silver value, copper value, lead value, tin value and mixtures thereof. The donor metallic particle contains a donor metal selected from the group consisting of iron, zinc, aluminum and mixtures thereof. The process further comprises forming a deposit on the donor metallic particles by replacing at least a part of the donor particle with the metal values, producing a stream of the hot-pressurized geothermal brine containing the donor metallic particles which, in turn, contain the deposit of metal values, and separating the donor metallic particles from the thusly produced stream of hot-pressurized geothermal brine.
摘要:
The process of producing a metallic powder from a metal compound such as nickel chloride comprising the steps of: first forming a slurry of (1) a compatible, non-aqueous liquid in which the metal compound is completely or partially soluble, and (2) a reactive metal which occupies a position in the electromotive series above the position of the metal constituent in the metal compound, i.e. has a single electrode potential more negative than that of the metal constituent in the metal compound. The metal compound is then added to the solvent in the slurry, e.g. forming a slurry of pyrophoric aluminum powder in methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) and then adding nickel chloride to the MEK. The reactive metal can be in a pyrophoric state prior to introduction of the metal compound, or it can be made to be pyrophoric in the presence of the metal compound, so that it reduces the metal constituent of the dissolved metal compound as metal compound solution contacts the pyrophoric metal surface. For example, aluminum powder can be made sufficiently reactive by milling to produce pyrophoric surfaces. Alternatively, if the metal compound is a liquid, e.g. stannic chloride, a part or all of the carrier liquid needed to slurry the potentially pyrophoric reactive metal may be eliminated.
摘要:
Disclosed is a method for recovering from dilute aqueous solutions metals below iron in the electromotive series by percolating the solutions through iron particles having a size such as will pass completely through a 100 mesh sieve, or by intimately mixing the solutions and the iron particles, followed by filtration or centrifuging. The iron particles are "swarf" produced by the grinding of ferrous metals.