摘要
Leaching of rare earths Y, La and Ce by sulphuric acid from fine-grained zirconosilicate ore was investigated using Ta-guchi method of experimental design. An orthogonal array of L8, 27 which denotes 7 factors at 2 levels was chosen to consider the various factors relevant to the leaching process： baking time, baking temperature, acid dosage, leaching time, leaching temperature, grind size and dilution. Statistical analysis showed that sulphation baking was a significant step for the leaching of rare earths from the whole-of-ore and optimized leaching of rare earths involved the following condition： baking for 3 h at 320 ℃ at 3.2 g acid/g ore acid dosage followed by water leaching at 20 ℃ for 1 h and dilution of 20 mL water/g ore using 300 um grind size. The effect of each leaching factor was also discussed.
Leaching of rare earths Y, La and Ce by sulphuric acid from fine-grained zirconosilicate ore was investigated using Ta-guchi method of experimental design. An orthogonal array of L8, 27 which denotes 7 factors at 2 levels was chosen to consider the various factors relevant to the leaching process： baking time, baking temperature, acid dosage, leaching time, leaching temperature, grind size and dilution. Statistical analysis showed that sulphation baking was a significant step for the leaching of rare earths from the whole-of-ore and optimized leaching of rare earths involved the following condition： baking for 3 h at 320 ℃ at 3.2 g acid/g ore acid dosage followed by water leaching at 20 ℃ for 1 h and dilution of 20 mL water/g ore using 300 um grind size. The effect of each leaching factor was also discussed.
