Trace element transformations and partitioning during the roasting of pyrite ores in the sulfuric acid industry

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 167, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 835-845

  Yang, Chunxia ^a,b   Chen, Yongheng ^a   Peng, Ping'an ^b   Li, Chao ^b   Chang, Xiangyang ^a   Wu, Yingjuan ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Flue gas; Fluidized bed furnace; Pyrite roasting wastes; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ACID PRODUCTION; AMORPHOUS IRON; CHEMICAL PARTITIONING; GASEOUS SPECIES; MINERAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NON-VOLATILE; PYRITE ORES; PYRITE ROASTING WASTES; SOLID RESIDUES; VOLATILE ELEMENTS;

ACIDS; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; CALCINATION; CHROMIUM; FLUE GASES; FLUIDIZATION; FURNACES; GAS ADSORPTION; IRON OXIDES; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MINERALS; MINING; NICKEL; ORE ROASTING; ORES; POLLUTION; PYRITES; SILICATES; SULFURIC ACID; TRACE ANALYSIS; ZINC;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; IRON OXIDE; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; PYRITE; SILICATE; SULFURIC ACID; THALLIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PARTITIONING; PYRITE; SULFURIC ACID; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSFORMATION;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROSCOPY; PARTICULATE MATTER; THERMOSTABILITY; VAPORIZATION; VOLATILIZATION;

ADSORPTION; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HOT TEMPERATURE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; IRON; SILICATES; SULFIDES; SULFURIC ACIDS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 67649267694     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.01.067     Document Type: Article

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