Extraction of zinc from electric arc furnace dust by alkaline leaching followed by fusion of the leaching residue with caustic soda

Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 174-178

  Zhao, Youcai ^a,b   Stanforth, R ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Alkaline leaching; Caustic soda; Electric arc furnace dust; Fusion; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CAUSTIC SODA; DUST; ELECTRIC FURNACES; EXTRACTION; IRON; LEACHING; ZINC;

ALKALINE LEACHING; ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE DUST; LEACHING RESIDUE FUSION;

ELECTRIC ARCS;

ELECTRIC ARC DEPOSITION; FURNACE; LEACHING; SOLID-SOLID SEPARATION; ZINC;

EID: 3142575048     PISSN: 10049541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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