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Leaching of Gold and Silver from Anode Slime with Inorganic Reagents

양극슬라임으로부터 무기침출제에 의한 금과 은의 침출

  • Xing, Wei Dong (Department of Advanced Material Science & Engineering, Institute of Rare Metal, Mokpo National University) ;
  • Lee, Ki Woog (SungEel Hitech Co., Ltd.) ;
  • Lee, Man Seung (Department of Advanced Material Science & Engineering, Institute of Rare Metal, Mokpo National University)
  • Received : 2016.12.05
  • Accepted : 2017.01.16
  • Published : 2017.02.28
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Abstract

Leaching experiments of anode slime were performed with several inorganic acids (HCl, $HNO_3$ and $H_2SO_4$) together with thiourea and thiosulfate solution to recover gold and silver. Gold was not dissolved at all into these inorganic acids in the absence of any oxidizing agents. At the same concentration of inorganic acid, the leaching of percentage of Ag was the highest in the sulfuric acid solution. The leaching percentage of silver increased with the increase of HCl concentration owing to the formation of $AgCl_2{^-}$. Copper, nickel and zinc except tin was almost dissolved in these inorganic acids but no tin was dissolved in nitric acid solution. Most of Au and Ag were dissolved into the mixture of sulfuric acid and thiourea solution. Thiosulfate could dissolve some silver from the anode slime but no gold was dissolved by this agent.

양극흙에 함유된 금과 은을 회수하기 위해 무기산(염산, 질산, 황산)과 thiourea 및 thiosulfate에 의한 침출실험을 수행했다. 산화제를 첨가하지 않은 조건에서 금은 무기산용액에 전혀 용해되지 않았다. 3종류의 무기산의 농도가 동일한 조건에서 황산용액에서 은의 침출율이 가장 높았으며, 염산의 농도가 증가함에 따라 $AgCl_2{^-}$의 형성에 따라 은의 침출율이 증가하였다. 한편 주석은 질산용액에 전혀 용해되지 않았으나, 구리, 니켈과 아연은 본 실험조건에서 모두 용해되었다. 황산과 thiourea의 혼합용액에서 금과 은은 모두 용해되었다. Thiosulfate용액에 은의 일부가 용해되었으나, 금은 전혀 용해되지 않았다.

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