Hydrometallurgical extraction

E. Jackson, Hydrometallurgical Extraction and Reclamation, Ellis Horwood Dd., Chichester, England, 1986. 

The chapters cover the following areas (i) use of coordination complexes in all types of catalysis (Chapters 1-11) (ii) applications related to the optical properties of coordination complexes, which covers fields as diverse as solar cells, nonlinear optics, display devices, pigments and dyes, and optical data storage (Chapters 12-16) (iii) hydrometallurgical extraction (Chapter 17) (iv) medicinal and biomedical applications of coordination complexes, including both imaging and therapy (Chapters 18-22) and (v) use of coordination complexes as precursors to semiconductor films and nanoparticles (Chapter 23). As such, the material in this volume ranges from solid-state physics to biochemistry. 

CIP (1) [Carbon In Pulp] A general name for hydrometallurgical extraction processes that use activated carbon in slurries of ground ores. One such process is used for extracting gold from cyanide leach liquors. First operated on a large scale at the Homestake lead mine in South Dakota in 1974. See also RIP. 

Pourbaix diagrams illustrate graphically the dominant solution or precipitate species of a component or components as a function of pH and oxidation potential (Jj. They are particularly useful for defining the conditions for selective precipitation or solution in hydrometallurgical extraction (2j and for passivation of metals. However, they are tedious to produce manually, especially when a number of components are present. 

Solubility data (pA sp) for two dozen hexacyanoferrate(II) and hexacyanoferrate(III) salts, and Pourbaix (pe/pH) diagrams for iron-cyanide-water, iron-sulfide-cyanide-(hydr)oxide, iron-arsenate-cyanide-(hydr)oxide, and iron-copper-cyanide-sulfide-(hydr)oxide, are given in a review ostensibly dedicated to hydrometallurgical extraction of gold and silver. " The electrochemistry of Prussian Blue and related complexes, in the form of thin films on electrodes, has been reviewed. ... 

About a third of the hydrogen manufactured is used in mining for the hydrometallurgical extraction of copper and other metals, the extraction of the metals from their ores by reduction in aqueous solution ... 

CIC [Carbon In Column] A general name for hydrometallurgical extraction processes using activated carbon as the adsorbent, contained in a series of cylindrical tanks. 

Volume 9 is concerned with actual and potential applications of metal coordination complexes. Major developments since the 1980s in the uses of coordination compounds have occurred in catalysis and medicine. There have been important developments of coordination chemistry in the technology of dyes and optical materials, for solar energy harvesting, for hydrometallurgical extraction, and in providing MOCVD precursors for new electronic materials. As mentioned above, the last volume in the series contains the indexes. 

Compare and contrast the niches served in copper recovery and production by froth flotation, hot smelting, hydrometallurgical extraction, electrowinning, and cementation. Include consideration of environmental factors. 

Elastomeric linings play an important role in industry where their resistance to highly corrosive environments allow many processes to be carried out in an economic manner. Major areas of use include heavy chemicals, dyestuffs, pharmaceuticals, electroplating, fertilisers, steel, fo stuffs, ore extraction, hydrometallurgical extraction of elemental metals and the water treatment industry. 

Ritchy, G. M., and A. Ashbrook, Hydrometallurgical Extraction, in P. A. Schweitzer (Ed.), Handbook of Separation Techniques for Chemical Engineers, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1979, pp. 2-105 to 2-130. 

Liquid extraction Centrifugation Hydrometallurgical extraction Gas filtration Electromagnetic separation... 

Amer, A. M., and Rashed, M. A. (2002). Hydrometallurgical Extraction of Lithium from Montmorillonite-type Clays. Inzynieria Mineralna 3(2), 27-34. 

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