Journal
JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE METALLURGY
Volume 7, Issue 1, Pages 178-191Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s40831-020-00333-z
Keywords
Leaching; Smithsonite; Zinc; Kinetics; Central composite design
Funding
- Munzur University Scientific Investigations Project Unit [PPMUB018-13]
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This study evaluated the leaching behavior of Tunceli smithsonite ore in nitric acid, optimizing the leaching process and kinetics modeling. The dissolution rate of zinc was found to be influenced by factors such as temperature, stirring speed, and acid concentration. The activation energy of the leaching process was determined to be 28.63 kJ.mol(-1).
The leaching behavior of Tunceli smithsonite ore in nitric acid was evaluated in two study steps including optimization of leaching process and kinetics modeling. The individual and synergistic effects of effective parameters such as nitric acid concentration, solid-to-liquid ratio, stirring speed, and temperature on the dissolution rate of zinc were investigated using central composite design. Four factors including temperature (30-50 degrees C), nitric acid concentration (0.2-0.5 mol/L), stirring speed (350-600 rpm), and solid-to-liquid ratio (0.004-0.01 g/L) were investigated. The dissolution percent of zinc (97%) was obtained in 120 min of leaching time: acid concentration 0.5 mol/L, temperature 50 degrees C, stirring speed 500 rpm, and solid-liquid ratio 2/500 g/mL at the optimum conditions obtained using the central composite design. The dissolution kinetics of smithsonite was examined according to heterogenous models and it was found that the dissolution rate was controlled by ash layer diffusion process. It was found that the leaching rate increased with increasing temperature, stirring speed, and acid concentration as well as decrescent particle size and solid/liquid ratio. The trial data were analyzed by statistical and graphical methods and the activation energy of this leaching process was determined to be 28.63 kJ.mol(-1). [GRAPHICS] .
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