To separate Pb from PbSO_(4)-coprecipitated jarosite,a novel thiourea-induced freeze-thaw cycling(T-FTC)process was investigated.Results show that distributed PbSO_(4)particles are pressed and aggregated around the ja...To separate Pb from PbSO_(4)-coprecipitated jarosite,a novel thiourea-induced freeze-thaw cycling(T-FTC)process was investigated.Results show that distributed PbSO_(4)particles are pressed and aggregated around the jarosite particles by T-FTC.Under the freezing-concentration effect of T-FTC,the reaction between PbSO_(4)and thiourea is also promoted,forming lead thiourea sulfate(Pb-tu).As the cycles of T-FTC increase,PbSO_(4)around jarosite disappears for the reaction of forming Pb-tu.After 12 cycles of T-FTC,a spontaneous separation is observed between Pb-tu and jarosite,i.e.,Pb-tu is separated into the upper layer while jarosite-rich phases remain in the lower layer.Due to this spontaneous separation,leaching toxicity of the jarosite coprecipitates is reduced by 73.7%.These results suggest that T-FTC process can achieve the separation of Pb from PbSO_(4)-coprecipitated jarosite and is a promising approach for removing and recovering metals from iron-rich jarosite residues.展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51904355,51825403)the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2020YFC1909201)。
文摘To separate Pb from PbSO_(4)-coprecipitated jarosite,a novel thiourea-induced freeze-thaw cycling(T-FTC)process was investigated.Results show that distributed PbSO_(4)particles are pressed and aggregated around the jarosite particles by T-FTC.Under the freezing-concentration effect of T-FTC,the reaction between PbSO_(4)and thiourea is also promoted,forming lead thiourea sulfate(Pb-tu).As the cycles of T-FTC increase,PbSO_(4)around jarosite disappears for the reaction of forming Pb-tu.After 12 cycles of T-FTC,a spontaneous separation is observed between Pb-tu and jarosite,i.e.,Pb-tu is separated into the upper layer while jarosite-rich phases remain in the lower layer.Due to this spontaneous separation,leaching toxicity of the jarosite coprecipitates is reduced by 73.7%.These results suggest that T-FTC process can achieve the separation of Pb from PbSO_(4)-coprecipitated jarosite and is a promising approach for removing and recovering metals from iron-rich jarosite residues.
