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- Title
Mechanism of Selenium Loss in Copper Slag.
- Authors
Desai, Bhavin; Tathavadkar, Vilas; Basu, Somnath
- Abstract
During smelting of copper sulfide concentrate, selenium is distributed between silica-saturated iron-silicate slag and copper-iron sulfide matte. The recovery coefficients of selenium between slag and matte were determined as a function of the initial concentration of selenium at 1523 K (1250 °C) under an inert atmosphere in a vertical tubular furnace. The initial concentration of selenium was varied by the addition of metallic selenium as well as selenium dioxide to the mixture of slag and matte. Analysis of the results indicated high affinity of selenium for matte. The apparent loss of selenium with the slag was attributed to the presence of selenium-enriched matte particles entrapped in the slag, rather than dissolved SeO2. The mechanisms proposed by previous investigators were discussed and also compared with the results of the present investigation.
- Subjects
SLAG; SELENIUM; FLUX (Metallurgy); ELECTRIC arc; MINERAL aggregates
- Publication
Metallurgical & Materials Transactions. Part B, 2018, Vol 49, Issue 3, p1213
- ISSN
1073-5615
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11663-018-1247-2