Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 129, Issue -, Pages 200-208Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.11.050
Keywords
Bioleaching; Chalcopyrite; Moderately thermophilic microorganisms; Cyclic voltammetry
Funding
- National Basic Research Program of China [2010CB630905]
- High-tech Research and Development Program of China [2012AA061501]
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The leaching of chalcopyrite by moderately thermophilic microorganisms was investigated by employing cyclic voltammetry (CV), accompanying with the leaching behavior elucidation. Leaching experiment showed that there was clear benefit in leaching chalcopyrite within the low solution potential (below 400 mV vs. SCE), compared to the high potential leach (above 550 mV vs. SCE). Simultaneous maintenance of an appropriate concentration of total dissolved iron was necessary and also beneficial to leach chalcopyrite. The leaching results showed the existence of an optimum pH in the leaching of chalcopyrite by the moderately thermophilic microorganisms. The analysis of CV results revealed that the chalcopyrite was reduced to a series of intermediate products (such as talnakhite, bornite and chalcocite) in the cathodic, and then the intermediate product (chalcocite) was oxidized in the anodic. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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