Abstract:
The compound leaching slag of copper anode slime is the product of compound leaching of arsenic, antimony and bismuth from copper anode slime, and Selenium (Se) is selectively separated by sulfated roasting. In view of the unclear reaction process of the selenium-containing substances in the selective separation process, relevant thermodynamic data in Factsage and Equilib equilibrium calculation module were used to analyze the Δ
Gθ of selenium-containing substances reacting at different temperatures and reaction process balance, to clarify the law of phase change in reaction process. The results show that at low temperature Cu
2Se reacts with H
2SO
4 to generate solid Se, CuSO
4·H
2O, SO
2 and H
2SO
4 absorbs water to form H
2SO
4·H
2O. Solid Se then melts into liquid Se and simultaneously reacts with H
2SO
4·H
2O to form SeO
2, SO
2 and H
2O. At high temperature, CuSO
4·H
2O will be dehydrated to produce CuSO
4 and H
2O, and CuSO
4 will be further decomposed to produce CuSO
4·CuO and SO
3. Ag
2Se reacts with H
2SO
4 to generate solid Se, Ag
2SO
4, SO
2 and H
2SO
4 absorbs water to form H
2SO
4·H
2O, and then solid Se melts into liquid Se and reacts with H
2SO
4·H
2O to form SeO
2, SO
2 and H
2O. In addition, Ag
2SO
4 will change form at high temperature, and Se reacts with H
2SO
4 to generate SeO
2, SO
2 and H
2O. Therefore, the Se evaporation rates of compound leaching slag of copper anode slime at different roasting temperatures, with different sulfuric acid dosages and for different roasting time were analyzed. Under the roasting condition of temperature at 500 ℃, the added quantity of H
2SO
4 of 0.2 mL/g, the warming rate 10 ℃/min and the reacting time 30 min, Se evaporation rate reached 95.4%.