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dc.contributor.authorGow, R.
dc.contributor.authorYoung, C.
dc.contributor.authorHuang, H.
dc.contributor.authorHope, Gregory
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-13T02:19:19Z
dc.date.available2018-11-13T02:19:19Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.issn07479182
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/BF03402353
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/73491
dc.description.abstractThe reactivity of an enargite mineral electrode was investigated spectroelectrochemically under conditions typically found in alkaline sulfide leach solutions, with pH 11-13 and Na2S additions of 50 and 250 gL-1. A bulk enargite electrode was cycled between 0 and -1,000 mV for each set of solution conditions. Raman spectroscopy was used to determine and compare surface formations against species in mass-balanced EH-pH diagrams generated using STABCAL. Previously, it was determined that arsenic could be selectively leached under alkaline conditions at an average solution potential of -300mV, across the pH range 11-13. Operating under such conditions allowed for the selective leaching of arsenic with elemental sulfur formation. From several of the voltammograms obtained during this current testing, the formation of elemental sulfur appeared at increasingly reducing conditions with increasing sulfide concentration. At high concentrations, copper started to dissolve, possibly as a bisulfide complex, reducing the selectivity of the leach, unlike previous studies. However, the presence of the higher sulfide concentration is also anticipated to prevent passivation by consuming any surface formation of elemental sulfur. This study provides insight into the operating parameters of alkaline sulfide leaching in regards to the selectivity of arsenic leaching, as well as guidance for control of reagents and solution potential and, of course, the need for water treatment afterwards.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSociety for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom14
dc.relation.ispartofpageto21
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalMinerals & Metallurgical Processing
dc.relation.ispartofvolume32
dc.subject.fieldofresearchStructural Chemistry and Spectroscopy
dc.subject.fieldofresearchElectrochemistry
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMineral Processing/Beneficiation
dc.subject.fieldofresearchResources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode030606
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode030604
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode091404
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode0914
dc.titleSpectroelectrochemistry of Enargite III: Alkaline sulfide leaching
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dc.description.versionAccepted Manuscript (AM)
gro.rights.copyright© 2015 Springer International Publishing. This is an electronic version of an article published in Minerals & Metallurgical Processing (M&MP), 32:1, pp 14–21. Minerals & Metallurgical Processing (M&MP) is available online at: http://link.springer.com/ with the open URL of your article.
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gro.griffith.authorHope, Gregory A.


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