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The Recovery of Bismuth from Bismuthinite Concentrate Through Membrane Electrolysis

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Rare Metal Technology 2017

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A new membrane electrolysis process for bismuth recovery from bismuthinite concentrate was introduced. Under the conditions of temperature 70 °C, acidity 3 mol/L, solid liquid ratio 1:4 and 1.1 times stoichiometry sodium chlorate dosage for 1.5 h oxidation leaching, more than 98.5% bismuth can be leached from bismuthinite concentrate. The resultant leach solution was subjected to membrane electrolysis. Under the conditions of NaCl concentration 300 g/L and pH 7 in anolyte, bismuth ions concentration 80 g/L and HCl concentration 3 mol/L in catholyte, heteropole distance 6 cm, temperature 40 °C and current density 200 A/m2, a flat deposited bismuth plate can be obtained after 24 h electrolysis, and the bismuth purity was more than 99%. The current efficiency of cathode was 97.88%. Chemical component analysis results showed that the average convert efficiency of the sodium chlorate was 52.77% and the average oxidizing efficiency of chloride ion was 69.78%, and the resultant anolyte generated in anode compartment could be fully reused as oxidant for leaching bismuthinite concentrate again.

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This Project was supported financially by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (51574294) and Innovation Driven Plan projects of Central South University (2015CX001).

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  1. School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China

    Si-yao Peng, Jian-guang Yang & Lei Jie

  2. Jiangxi Environmental Engineering, Vocational College, Ganzhou, 342000, China

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Peng, Sy., Yang, Jg., Yang, Jy., Jie, L. (2017). The Recovery of Bismuth from Bismuthinite Concentrate Through Membrane Electrolysis. In: Kim, H., Alam, S., Neelameggham, N., Oosterhof, H., Ouchi, T., Guan, X. (eds) Rare Metal Technology 2017. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51085-9_30

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