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The paper deals with the extraction of copper from the deposited material of the liner of the electrostatic precipitator (ESP) of the copper smelter plant. These precipitates of ESP liner (ESP dust) generally contain mixed phases of copper and arsenic. An attempt is made to extract copper from ESP dust, subsequently removing arsenic from the leach liquor. The ESP dust containing paramelaconite (6CuO·Cu2O), α-domeykite (Cu3As), metadomeykite (Cu3As), enargite (Cu3AsS4) and (Cu,Fe) SO4·H2O is not a naturally occurring geological mineral; thus comparatively high acid concentration and temperature are required to break the matrix of this mixed material so as to liberate the content. The leaching efficiency of copper was 97% at 97 °C. The acid concentration of 1.5M and pulp density of 20% was found to be optimum. The removal of arsenic as ferric arsenate was carried out in two stages: increasing the pH and precipitation of arsenic by adjusting pH of the solution and by adding ferrous sulfate and hydrogen peroxide. The optimum removal of arsenic was 95% when pH was raised to 2.35 followed by precipitation. The key progression of the process is the recovery of copper from ESP dust as well as removal of arsenic from the leach liquor.
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Sahu, N.K., Dash, B., Sahu, S. et al. Extraction of copper by leaching of electrostatic precipitator dust and two step removal of arsenic from the leach liquor. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 29, 1638–1642 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-012-0081-5
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