CuO was used as a catalyst in the concentrated KOH solution to enhance the leaching of chromium from the chromite ore.The impacts of temperature,KOH-to-chromite ore mass ratio,CuO-to-chromite ore mass ratio,and gas fl...CuO was used as a catalyst in the concentrated KOH solution to enhance the leaching of chromium from the chromite ore.The impacts of temperature,KOH-to-chromite ore mass ratio,CuO-to-chromite ore mass ratio,and gas flow rate on the chromiumleaching rate were investigated.The results indicated that CuO played an important role in improving the chromium leaching rate.The leaching rate reached98%after leaching for6h when CuO was applied,whereas it was only60.8%without CuO under thesame reaction conditions:temperature230°C,KOH-to-ore mass ratio6:1,stirring speed700r/min,gas flow rate1L/min.Accordingto the kinetics study,the catalytic oxidation was controlled by surface chemical reaction and the activation energy was calculated tobe15.79kJ/mol when the temperature was above230°C.In contrast,without CuO,the rate-determining step was external diffusionand the apparent activation energy was38.01kJ/mol.展开更多
基金Project(2013CB632601)supported by the National Basic Research of ChinaProjects(91634111,51404227)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘CuO was used as a catalyst in the concentrated KOH solution to enhance the leaching of chromium from the chromite ore.The impacts of temperature,KOH-to-chromite ore mass ratio,CuO-to-chromite ore mass ratio,and gas flow rate on the chromiumleaching rate were investigated.The results indicated that CuO played an important role in improving the chromium leaching rate.The leaching rate reached98%after leaching for6h when CuO was applied,whereas it was only60.8%without CuO under thesame reaction conditions:temperature230°C,KOH-to-ore mass ratio6:1,stirring speed700r/min,gas flow rate1L/min.Accordingto the kinetics study,the catalytic oxidation was controlled by surface chemical reaction and the activation energy was calculated tobe15.79kJ/mol when the temperature was above230°C.In contrast,without CuO,the rate-determining step was external diffusionand the apparent activation energy was38.01kJ/mol.