Investigation on chalcopyrite leaching with methanesulfonic acid (MSA) and hydrogen peroxide

Junmo Ahn; Jiajia Wu; Jaeheon Lee

doi:10.1016/j.hydromet.2019.05.001

Investigation on chalcopyrite leaching with methanesulfonic acid (MSA) and hydrogen peroxide

Junmo Ahn, Jiajia Wu, Jaeheon Lee

Mining and Geological Engineering

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Abstract

Methanesulfonic acid (MSA) is an organic acid and was used to leach copper from chalcopyrite. MSA is a strong acid with higher solubility of various metals. A suite of leaching tests of chalcopyrite at 75 °C with various lixiviants exhibited that MSA showed the highest copper extraction of 47% at 96 h with 30 g/L MSA and 5 g/L ferric. The copper extraction increased to over 90% with hydrogen peroxide as an oxidant at 75 °C. The activation energy of the reaction with MSA and hydrogen peroxide was calculated to be 39.9 kJ/mol, indicating that the reaction is chemical reaction controlled.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	54-62
Number of pages	9
Journal	Hydrometallurgy
Volume	187
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hydromet.2019.05.001
State	Published - Aug 2019

Keywords

Alternative lixiviants
Chalcopyrite
Hydrogen peroxide
MSA
Methanesulfonic acid

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Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Metals and Alloys
Materials Chemistry

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Investigation on chalcopyrite leaching with methanesulfonic acid (MSA) and hydrogen peroxide

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