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A comparison of ultrasound-augmented and conventional leaching of silver from sintering dust using acidic thiourea

Journal

ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY
Volume 34, Issue -, Pages 222-231

Publisher

ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2016.05.038

Keywords

Sintering dust; Dissolution kinetic; Silver; Ultrasound augmented; Conventional; Acidic thiourea

Funding

  1. Young and Middle-aged Academic Technology Leader Backup Talent Cultivation Program in Yunnan Province [2012HB008]

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In the process of steel manufacture, up to ten millions of tons of sintering dust (SD) are produced annually in China, which contain noble metals such as Ag. Therefore, recovery of silver (Ag) from SD could be a potential economic and environmental activity. The purpose of this article is to generate information about reaction kinetics of silver leaching with thiourea from SD, comparing the conventional and ultrasonic-augment leaching. The effects of various control parameters such as the ultrasound power, particle size, leaching temperature and thiourea concentration on leaching rate of silver were studied. The results showed 89% silver recovery for conventional process against 95% for ultrasound assisted leaching. The ultrasonic wave increased the leaching rate and shorten the reaction. time. The rate controlling step was analyzed using shrinking core model and the rate controlling step is identified to be the diffusion through the product layer in both conventional and ultrasonic-augment leaching processes. The activation energies were estimated to be 28.01 kJ/mol and 18.19KJ/mol, and the reaction order were 0.89 and 0.71, respectively. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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