Foaming behavior of surfactants for acid mist control in zinc electrolysis processes

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 69, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 57-72

  Alfantazi, A M ^a   Dreisinger, D B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid mist; Electrowinning; Surfactants

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROLYSIS; FOAMS; ZINC;

ACID MIST CONTROL;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 0037382757     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-386X(03)00002-1     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Davis J.A., Hopkins W.R. Recent development in electrometallurgical tankhouse environmental control. CIM Bull. 87(981):1994;86-94.
2. Gonzales-Dominguez J.A., Lew R.W. Evaluating additives and impurities in zinc electrowinning. JOM. 45(1):1995;34-37.
3. Hosny A.Y. Electrowinning of zinc from electrolytes containing anti-acid mist surfactant. Hydrometallurgy. 32:1993;261-269.
4. Mackinnon D.J., Morrison R.M., Mouland J.E., Warren P.E. The effect of dowfroth, antimony and saponin on the zinc electrowinning of Kidd Creek electrolyte. J. Appl. Electrochem. 21:1991;213-220.
5. Nees M.R. Bechtel's electrode cap approach to acid mist containment during electrowinning. Dobby A., Molina M., Thoburn W.J. Proceedings of Copper 95, Volume II - Mineral Processing and Environment. 1995;327-335 The Metallurgical Society of CIM, Montreal, Canada.
6. Papachristodoulou A., Foulkes F.R., Smith J.W. Bubble characteristics and aerosol formation in electrowinning cells. J. Appl. Electrochem. 15:1985;581-590.
7. Van Dusen J., Smith J.W. Comparison of the effectiveness of bubble coalescence and foamed surfactant in controlling acid mist formed by electrowinning cells. Am. Ind. Hyg. Assoc. J. 50(5):1988;252-256.
8. Van Dusen J., Papachristodoulou A., Smith J.W. Control of the acidic aerosol resulting from electrowinning operations. CIM Bull. 81(915):1988;111-115.