Recovery of Silver from Chloride Leach Solutions by Iodide Precipitation

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• Personal Author:
  Carnahan, Thomas G. ; Flynn, Charles M. Jr. ; Lindstrom RF
• Description:
  The federal Bureau of Mines investigated, on a laboratory scale, a technique for recovery of silver from pregnant solutions generated in the hydrometallurgical treatment of complex base-metal sulfide concentrates with oxidizing chloride media. This technique provides a means for recovery and simplified reduction of accessory silver to metal from chloride solutions. The method consists of adding nai or ki to the solution to precipitate agi, which is then contacted with na2s to produce ag2s and to regenerate the iodide salt solution. Silver recoveries range from 99 pct with 20 pct excess iodide precipitant, to 92 pct when the theoretical stoichiometric amount of precipitant is employed. The ag2s product can be reduced to silver metal by contact with aluminum chips in naoh solution followed by purification with conventional fire refining techniques. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Concentration (Composition); Flocculation; Hydrometallurgy; Leaching; Performance evaluation; Pollution control; Precipitation (Chemistry); Separation; Silver
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Report of Investigations
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications ; Case Report
• Place as Subject:
  Nevada ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  RERC - Reno Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10006847
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81-104598
• Citation:
  Reno, NV: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, RI 8428, 1980 Jan; :1-9
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Reno, NV: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, RI 8428
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d8a8e1e5ac3e26dcff091caddb80e9c7c22a2ea4f2f45d2791788e4b08960b747cf2d88f862845e7e53666d632f4599d884028e8b6456247f77ec27a585ae545
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/237365/cdc_237365_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 3.35 MB ]