Abstract:
According to the laws of simultaneous equilibria and mass conservation, the lg
C-pH diagram of a CaMoO
4-H
2SO
4/HCl-H
2O system was established on the basis of the modynamic date at 298 K. Thermodynamic analysis was carried out to show the effect of technical conditions on acid decomposition of CaMoO
4. The results show that there are three stable areas of various solid phases of the CaMoO
4-H
2SO
4-H
2O system in the pH range of 0~7.0. The first one is H
2MoO
4(s) and CaSO
4(s) (0 < pH < 3.5), the second one is H
2MoO
4(s) CaMoO
4(s) and CaSO
4(s) (3.5 < pH < 4.5), and the third one is CaMoO
4(s) (4.5 < pH < 7.0). There are three stable areas of various solid phases of the CaMoO
4-HCl-H
2O system in the pH range of 0~7.0. The first one is H
2MoO
4(s) (0 < pH < 2.9), the second one is H
2MoO
4(s) and CaMoO
4(s) (2.9 < pH < 4.5), and the last one is CaMoO
4(s) (4.5 < pH < 7.0). Thermodynamics analysis results show that calcium molybdate is easily decomposed by acid; compared with the sulfuric acid leaching process, hydrochloric acid leaching calcium molybdate does not produce CaSO
4, which reduces leaching product covered by calcium molybdate. The experiment proves that compared with hydrochloric acid, calcium molybdate is a kind of better leaching agent, and the leaching of molybdenum reaches 98.56 % at 25 ℃ for 45 min with HCl concentration of 2.4 mol/L at a
VL/
WS ratio of 10 mL/g.