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Kinetic study of chalcopyrite dissolution with iron(III) chloride in methanesulfonic acid
•MSA/ferric leaching of chalcopyrite was surface chemical-reaction controlled.•MSA may prevent iron hydrolysis.•Similar leaching results to hydrochloric acid but with environmental advantages.•Leach kinetics dependent on temperature and particle size.•Constant activation energy (101 kJ mol−1) found...
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Published in: | Minerals engineering 2018-08, Vol.125, p.66-74 |
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Main Authors: | , , , |
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Language: | English |
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Summary: | •MSA/ferric leaching of chalcopyrite was surface chemical-reaction controlled.•MSA may prevent iron hydrolysis.•Similar leaching results to hydrochloric acid but with environmental advantages.•Leach kinetics dependent on temperature and particle size.•Constant activation energy (101 kJ mol−1) found for chalcopyrite dissolution.
The suitability of methanesulfonic acid as a copper lixiviant with ferric chloride as an oxidant was studied by analysing the leaching kinetics and by characterising solid residues from leach tests on a chalcopyrite-rich ore sample. The effects of temperature, initial acidity, ferric-ion concentration and particle size were determined. The leach kinetics were dependent on the temperature and particle size, whereas the acid and ferric concentrations had a minimal impact on the leaching rate within the ranges studied. Although a sulfur layer formed on the solid residue, the reaction mechanism could be modeled with the shrinking-core model with surface chemical-reaction control, which implies that lixiviant flow through the sulfur layer did not control the reaction rate. The apparent activation energy was 101 kJ mol−1 as calculated by the Arrhenius and 'time-to-a-given-fraction' methods. The activation parameters of the reaction were an enthalpy (ΔH++) of 99.4 kJ mol−1, and an entropy (ΔS++) of −197 J mol−1 K−1 as calculated by using transition state theory and the Eyring equation. |
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ISSN: | 0892-6875 1872-9444 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.mineng.2018.05.025 |