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HWAHAK KONGHAK,
Vol.5, No.4, 223-227, 1967
화학 처리공정에 의한 휘수연삼선정광의 실수율 향상에 관하여
On the Recovery of Bi & Mo from the Froth of Bi-Semi-Concentrate by the Chemical Treatment
The flotation product of Bi-Semi-Concentrate containing 15 % of Bi(sulfide form) and 40 % of Mo(mostly as sulfide) was roasted in a Herreshoff roaster. Under the maximum temperature of 1,000 ℉, the concentrate was roasted without sintering phenomena. The charge of 3 ㎏ required 6-8 hrs of roasting. Practically all the molybdenite was converted to MoO3. Roasted ore was treated by the 1.5N-NaOH solution for 3-4 hrs, at 60-80 ℃. Na2MoO4 soln. contg. Mo+6 was filtered from the insol. residue contg. SiO2, CuO, Bi2O3, Fe2O3. The ppt. was treated in smelter at 1,200 ℃ and crude Bi (97 % Bi) was produced and then refined by S treatment, zincing, chlorination and aeration. Final Bi metal was 99.99 % pure and over-all recovery of Bi was 90 %. Na2MoO4 soln. was acidified by HCl to pH 2.5 and in this soln., Mo is pptd., as ammonium-sodium-polymolybdate with NH4Cl. It was refined with 7 % NH4Cl soln., and calcined to MoO3. The purity of final product was 99.97 % MoO3 and the recovery of it was 85 %.