Dissolution of lateritic nickel ore in acidic media

F. Arslan, Ö Özer, K. T. Perek, V. Gürkan, G. Önal

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Abstract

The lateritic nickel ore sample subjected to this experimental study was taken from Çaldaǧ ore deposit (Turkey) and contains 1.43% Ni and 0.105% Co. Mineralogical investigations showed that the ore sample contains asbolane, chromite, limonite, hematite, goethite, lepidocrocite, magnetite, serpentine, and clay type minerals together with chalcedon, quartz, calcite, and chlorite. In the acidic leaching experiments, the effects of temperature, acid (H2SO4) concentration, and leaching time on nickel leaching recoveries were investigated. Leaching recovery versus time curves showed a parabolic trend and increasing the temperature shifted that curves to the higher values. The highest Ni and Co leaching efficiencies as 90.2% and 96.8% respectively were obtained at 80°C temperature, 200 g/L H2SO4 concentration, and 8 hours of leaching time.

Original languageEnglish
Pages1500-1504
Number of pages5
Publication statusPublished - 2006
Event23rd International Mineral Processing Congress, IMPC 2006 - Istanbul, Turkey
Duration: 3 Sept 20068 Sept 2006

Conference

Conference23rd International Mineral Processing Congress, IMPC 2006
Country/TerritoryTurkey
CityIstanbul
Period3/09/068/09/06

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