Perspective on pH adjustment in hydrometallurgical recycling of valuable metals from waste

Autor: Zhu Suiyi, Wang Jian, Huang Yuhong, Wang Ying, Zhang Yuxin, Qin Jiabao, Liu Jiancong, Yao Jinlu, Ji Meichun
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Chemistry, Vol 11 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2296-2646
DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2023.1177173
Popis: pH adjustment was considered a simple step in the hydrometallurgy process, but its complicated operation was ignored in the past. In some industrial applications, the leachate pH was slowly adjusted by a diluted alkaline solution, with the defects of doubling the leachate volume and causing droplet hydrolysis/coagulation. Up to date, promising routes have been developed for rapid pH adjustment, especially in sealed high-temperature/pressure vessels. New routes emerged in some redox/decomposition reactions of nitrate/urea and organics. Such reactions did not start and/or were slow at room temperature but started spontaneously at high temperatures to generate/consume free H+. This induced pH adjustment in a rapid and homogeneous way.
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