Affiliation:
1. Key Laboratory of Biohydrometallurgy of Ministry of Education, School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
Abstract
Nowadays, research on promoting the dissolution of chalcopyrite is important. As a natural symbiotic mineral of chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite will have an impact on the dissolution of chalcopyrite. This paper shows the influence of arsenopyrite on the dissolution of chalcopyrite in an acidic culture medium. The leaching results showed that adding arsenopyrite increased the leaching concentration of copper by 332 mg/L. The residues showed a decrease in sulfur through X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) and an increase in dissolution degree through scanning electron microscope (SEM). Electrochemical experiments have shown that the rest potential of arsenopyrite is higher than that of chalcopyrite, so there is a galvanic interaction, and the impact on chalcopyrite is greater than that of arsenopyrite. The polarization curve also proves this. Under the interaction of galvanic couples, the reduction of S0 production and the enhancement of Cu2+ release can promote the dissolution of chalcopyrite. In addition, X-ray photoelectron spectrometer (XPS) analysis under the action of galvanic coupling indicates that more SO42− is generated on the surface of chalcopyrite, replacing Sn2−/S0, and SEM shows a stronger corrosion morphology. All results confirm that the electrochemical effect between arsenopyrite and chalcopyrite promotes the dissolution of chalcopyrite in the acidic culture medium.
Funder
Changsha Municipal Natural Science Foundation
Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China
National Natural Science Foundation of China
China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Central South University
Subject
Geology,Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
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