Use of membranes in copper hydrometallurgy

Usually, the recovery of metals from ore follows a flow sheet which includes the leaching operation, the filtration and the purification concentration. However, in this work a new processing method is described. It is an electromembrane process where the ore is inserted between two membranes. It is...

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Published inDesalination Vol. 193; no. 1; pp. 422 - 425
Main Authors Sabba, N., Akretche, D.E.
Format Journal Article Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 10.05.2006
Elsevier
Subjects
Applied sciences
Chemical engineering
Crystallization, leaching, miscellaneous separations
Electroleaching
Exact sciences and technology
Filtration
Hydrometallurgy
Ion exchange
Ion-exchange membranes
Liquid-liquid and fluid-solid mechanical separations
Pollution
Electroleaching
Ion-exchange membranes
Hydrometallurgy
Ion exchange membrane
Filtration
Purification
Lixiviation
Density
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Summary:Usually, the recovery of metals from ore follows a flow sheet which includes the leaching operation, the filtration and the purification concentration. However, in this work a new processing method is described. It is an electromembrane process where the ore is inserted between two membranes. It is shown that an application of a current density gives rise to an efficiency recovery of copper using ion exchange membranes.
ISSN:0011-9164
1873-4464
DOI:10.1016/j.desal.2005.08.028