Abstract
AbstractArsenic is a common impurity element in sulfide concentrates. It tends to accumulate in the flue dust of smelting furnace due to the volatility and internal circulation of the flue dust practiced in the smelting-converting process chain. The only outlets for arsenic are anodes and discard slag. Arsenic condensation in dust-free conditions was studied below 800 °C where the gas atmosphere was controlled by SO2-air-N2 gas mixtures. Based on these experimental results, we confirm the kinetically constrained formation mechanism of the arsenic-containing dust, and its speciation into metallic, oxidic (III, V), and sulfidic species. The influences of temperature and atmosphere on the speciation of arsenic were compared with industrial data and discussed.
Graphical Abstract
Condensed arsenic‐bearing particles collected by electrophoretic forces on the surface of fused SiO2 in SO2‐O2 atmospheres: the crystal morphology shows euhedrally facetted As2O3 crystals and initially molten As‐OS
alloy droplets together with poorly crystallized AsSx particles.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Materials Chemistry,Metals and Alloys,Mechanics of Materials,Condensed Matter Physics
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