Investigation and development of possible leaching processes for recovery of zinc and lead from çinkur leach residues

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Sunkar, Ahmet Semih

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The major aim of this study was to investigate various leaching methods for the recovery of zinc and lead from blended neutral leach residues of Çinkur having a composition of 12.59 % Zn, 15.21 % Pb, 6.45 % Fe, 0.054 % Cd. Initially water leaching tests were performed at various conditions of leaching temperature, reaction time and particle size. The optimized conditions for water leaching were found to be 2 h, 95?C and 250 g/l pulp density with a final pH of 5.9. However, the zinc recovery value of 10.26 % was not adequate for industrial scale operations itself. In acid leaching trials; acid concentration, temperature, reaction time and particle size were the chosen variables. At the optimized condition of 150 g/l H2SO4, 95?C, 2 h at 250 g/l pulp density with a final pregnant solution pH of 4.2, the extraction values were determined as 74.87 % for Zn and 39.59 % for Fe. These recovery values were evaluated as suitable for industrially feasible operations while creating a secondary leach residue of a composition of 4.10 % Zn, 19.17 % Pb, 5.52 % Fe and 85 ppm Cd that would not be suitable for pyrometallurgical lead production. After recovering zinc in considerable amount by hot sulphuric acid leaching, NaCl leaching experiments for the extraction of lead were done on the secondary leach residue by taking temperature, time and pulp density into account. The most promising conditions of brine leaching for lead recovery were found as 300 g/l NaCl, 20?C, 15 minutes and 20 g/l pulp density that gave approximately 82 % lead recovery with a final residue of 7.87 % Pb, 6.86 % Zn, 8.79 % Fe.

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A. S. Sunkar, “Investigation and development of possible leaching processes for recovery of zinc and lead from çinkur leach residues,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2005.