Kinetics on leaching of potassium from phosphorus-potassium associated ore in HCl-H_3PO_4 media

In order to relieve the equipment corrosion,reduce chlorine and increase phosphorus contents in leaching solution,theleaching behavior of potassium from phosphorus-potassium associated ore in the mixed acids of hydrochloric acid and phosphoricacid was investigated.The effects of various factors,such as mass fraction of hydrochloric acid,solid-to-liquid ratio,material ratio(CaF2dosage(g)/mass of ore(g))and leaching temperature were comprehensively studied.It was found that the dissolution fractionof potassium can reach more than86%under the optimum conditions of leaching temperature95°C,HCl concentration10%,leaching time6h,solid/liquid ratio1:5,and material ratio0.1.In addition,the leaching kinetics of potassium was successfullymodeled by a semi-empirical kinetic model based on the classic shrinking core model.The data showed that the leaching process ofpotassium was controlled by the product layer diffusion and the apparent activation energy for the process was found to be54.67kJ/mol over the temperature range from65to95°C.

Extraction and Reaction Mechanism of Potassium from Associated Phosphorus and Potassium Ore

Potassium and phosphate were extracted at low temperature by acid hydrolysis process to decompose a new type of associated phosphorus and potassium ore. The main factors affecting the dissolution rate were investigated, such as grinding fineness, the amount of sulfuric acid and fluoride salt, reaction time and temperature, etc. Meanwhile, the effects of various factors on the formation of soluble potassium and phosphate were also discussed. The reaction products and residues were determined by X-ray diffraction（XRD）, scanning electron microscopic（SEM） analysis and other means. The results showed that the dissolution rates of potassium and phosphorus were 70wt% and 93.7wt%, respectively, under the conditions of a grain size of 95.64wt% lessthan 0.074 mm, 9.78 g·g^（-1） sulfuric acid, 0.5 g·g^（-1） ammonium fluoride, 160 ℃ and a reaction time of 2h. The thermodynamic and chemical reaction mechanism was revealed that the primary reaction could be completed spontaneously in a temperature range of 298-433 K. The increase of reaction temperature had an important influence on ion exchange reaction, which was more conducive to the spontaneous process. The research will open up a new way for efficient use of potassium ore resources.

AN APPROACH TO SOME PROBLEMS OF TECHNOLOGICALMINERALOGY STUDY ON THE ORE OFASSOCIATED GAIN ELEMENT

In this paper we put forward a new concept——the ore of associated gain element. It is thought that the theoretical index forecast of dressing and smelting should be the component part of contents of technological mineralogy study. The relative problems of the representativeness of ore sample, the handling of study sample and the choice of test means, and the examination of element existance form in the ore, etc., are discussed.

An Overview of Process Mineralogy of Tungsten and Its Associated Elements

China produces much tungsten metal every year. The tungsten deposits in China usually are low-grade and have complex mineralogy composition as well as many associated valuable elements. The associated elements include Sn, Mo, Bi, Cu, Pb, Zn, Sb, Be, Co, Au, Ag, Nb, Ta, Re, Sc, REE, Li, As, S, P and the nonmetallic minerals such as quartz, fluorite, feldspar, etc. Therefore, only the tungsten ore dressing is done in accordance with the ore properties based on the detailed and full process mineralogy study can the valuable elements be reasonably and fully recovered and the maximization of resource utilization as well as environment-friendly is achieved eventually. This paper summarizes the status quo of process mineralogy of tungsten and its associated elements in China, focuses on the process mineralogy studies on major tungsten ore types including tungsten-molybdenum associated ore, tungsten-tin polymetallic ore and tungsten-copper polymetallic ore, suggests the future process mineralogy research on tungsten and its associated elements.

Studies on Environmentally Friendly Leaching Processes in China

The newly developed green leaching processes for chromium, lead and gold extraction from ores or concentrates are described. The chromium is extracted from the iron chromite ore with fused sodium hydroxide at 500-550℃ as sodium chromate. The galena in lead sulfide concentrate is converted into lead carbonate in ammonium or sodium carbonate solution at 50-80℃ followed by the separation of lead carbonate formed from the unconverted sulfide ores by flotation. Gold associated with sulfide ore (such as pyrite and chalcopyrite) can be extracted into sodium thiosulfate solution without any pretreatment such as roasting, high pressure aqueous oxidation or bacteria pre-leaching.

Au-Sb association and fractionation in micro-disseminatedgold deposits, southwestern Guizhou——geochemistry andthermodynamics

The dual geochemical character of paragenesis and fractionation between gold, arsenic and antimony in micro-disseminated gold deposits in southwestern Guizhou is discussed in terms of spatial distribution of independent deposits, lateral and vertical enrichment, mineralization stage and factor and correlation analyses. Thermodynamic calculations of solubility and speciation of gold and antimony minerals indicate that gold is transported in hydrothermal solution as Au(HS) 2and antimony is mainly as Sb(OH)30 although HSb2S4 may be of increasing importance in acidenvironment at low temperatures during the late stage of mineralization. Changes in physico-chemical conditions hold the key to the association and fractionation between gold and antimony. Gold and antimony response differently to physicochemical variations because they are distinct from each other in soluble speciation and mineral solubility, leading to precipitation at different times and localities during hydrothermal evolution.

Group inverses for some 2 × 2 block matrices over rings

Abstract We first consider the group inverses of the block matrices（AB0C）over a weakly finite ring. Then we study the sufficient and necessary conditions for the existence and the representations of the group inverses of the block matrices（ABCD）over a ring with unity 1 under the following conditions respectively： （i） B = C, D = 0,B#and（BπA0#both exist; （ii） B is invertible and m = n;（iii）A#and （D - CA#B）# both exist, C = CAA#, where A and D are m × m and n × n matrices, respectively.