Large amounts of copper slag are produced every year and major fractions of it are currently disposed, not withstanding the multiple ways the material can be used. Application of the slag is often limited by the presence of hazardous elements and their leaching behavior so they can potentially pollute soil, surface water and underground …
Newswise — Copper smelting is a major source of copper production, generating significant amounts of slag. In 2022, China produced over 11,000 kilotons of refined copper, leading to 2.2 to 3 ...
Nonferrous metals (Cu, Pb, Zn) remaining in copper converting slag have become a global problem in copper pyrometallurgy. 1 By the end of 2020, more than 30 copper smelters were put into operation in China with an annual capacity of refined copper of 10,225 kt, ranking first in the world. 2,3 After more than 100 years of development, …
Reduction. The reduction process for copper slag is typically followed by magnetic separation [].Depending on the temperature and intensity of reduction, it can be classified as direct reduction, deep reduction, and smelting reduction []monly used reducing agents include coke, biomass carbon, and natural gas [31, 32].The reduction …
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Leaching was carried out in 250–500 mL conical flasks containing 100 mL of an organic acid with varied concentrations (0.5–3.0 N) and 5–20 g of <45 µm copper converter slag. Experimental flasks were …
1. Introduction. Slag examined in this study is defined as the predominantly silicate and oxide by-product derived from smelting metallic ore. The two main types of slag included in this discussion are from the primary production of ferrous ores, from iron and steel manufacturing, and from non-ferrous ores, from the recovery of base metals and …
The dissolution of CO 2 in the aqueous ammonium salt solution is the speed-control part of the Slag2PCC process (c.f., Equation 2). Results reported that 4–5 mm CO 2 bubbles dissolved when they rose ~1.6–1.9 m in an unmixed water column (Legendre and Zevenhoven, 2016, 2017).Recently, Zevenhoven et al. (2019) proposed that properly …
Based on the physicochemical reaction of the melt, the process of copper slag cleaning in an electric furnace could be divided into two steps: reduction and …
Silicate slags produced from smelting copper concentrates contains valuables such as Cu and Fe as well as heavy metals such as Pb and As which are considered hazardous. In …
The apparatus for reduction experiments is shown in Fig. 3.Reduction experiments were performed in an electric tube furnace. An alumina crucible containing 300 g of copper slag was placed in the furnace, heated to 1250 °C under a protective N 2 atmosphere and held for 30 min after which the mixed gas, consisting of 70% H 2 …
With the purpose of recovering the metal values, in this study the copper slag was reduced by coke and biochar at 1250 °C in an argon gas atmosphere using the isothermal reduction/drop quenching technique. The phase compositions of metal, matte, and slag were determined using electron probe microanalysis (EPMA). The effects of …
The current practice for management of copper slag waste based on a linear flow model of 'produce, use and dump' is unsustainable due to finite resources, a limited …
Copper slag is a waste produced during pyrometallurgical processing of metals from copper concentrates. The decomposition and oxidation reactions of the …
Abstract The traditional fossil reductant used in the copper slag cleaning process cannot fulfill the requirements of sustainable development of the copper industry. Therefore, a new approach of employing waste motor oil (WMO) instead of a non-renewable fossil reductant to clean copper slag (reduce magnetite concentration and …
Copper slag is a by-product of copper smelting that contains valuable elements and can be used as a material resource. Learn about its chemical composition, mineral phases, …
About 50–70 weight% of the copper in slag exist in sulphide (matte) form while the rest is in the silicate form as copper was lost due to mechanical entrainment and oxidation, respectively [1, 4].Due to the fact a majority of copper in the slag is in the matte form, copper slags in Zambia are processed via froth flotation [4, 5].However, Kafre …
Schematic diagram of resource utilization of the copper slag (CS-1). 2.4. ... The potential for copper slag waste as a resource for a circular economy: a review – part II. Miner. Eng., 172 (2021), Article 107150, 10.1016/j.mineng.2021.107150. View PDF View article View in Scopus Google Scholar.
To recover copper from copper slag, a novel slag cleaning method was proposed. The thermodynamics and binary phase diagram of FeO–SiO 2 were calculated first. Then, the effects of experimental parameters on the reduction of Fe 3 O 4, recovery of copper, and slag cleaning mechanism were investigated.The results showed that the …
In this study, our primary focus centers on evaluating the compressive and flexural strength of copper tailings-granulated blast furnace slag (CT-GBFS) geopolymer at 7 days and 28 days of curing. Mechanical property assessments were conducted using an electronic compression and flexural testing machine [37]. For the compressive strength …
In order to maximize the utilization value of copper slag, a process of smelting copper–iron alloy with copper slag is proposed here. The reduction kinetics of copper slag by H2 are studied in this paper. The main phases of the copper slag were Fe2SiO4 and Fe3O4. The suitable conditions of reduction were a temperature of …
The copper slag produced by the smelting industry contains valuable metals like Cu, Fe, Zn, Pb, Co, and Ni, along with harmful components like As, Hg, Bi, and Sb. However, over 80% of global copper slag is discarded without proper disposal, wasting valuable metals and harming the environment (Phiri et al., 2022). While some copper …
Download scientific diagram | XRD pattern of waste copper slag. from publication: Stepwise Utilization Process to Recover Valuable Components from Copper Slag | Waste copper slag is a typical ...
Some physical and mechanical properties of copper slag is shown in Table 2. Air-cooled copper slag has a black colour and glassy appearance. The specific gravity varies with iron content, from a low of 2.8 to as high as 3.8. The unit weight of copper slag is somewhat higher than that of conventional aggregate.
This article reviews the production, composition, environmental behavior and treatment options of copper slag, a by-product of copper smelting and converting. It …
The results demonstrated that copper slag concrete mixes are substantially more heat-resistant than standard concrete mixtures . In Sungwon Sim et al.'s work, bricks that had copper slag added to them were tested. According to the results, the incorporation of copper slag significantly improved the mortar's flowability and strength.
A study published in Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China. detailing a novel method for the recovery of. copper, lead, and zinc from copper smelting slag using a sulfurization-reduction approach.This innovation represents a significant stride in metallurgical waste management, with potential impacts on both industry practices …
In the copper smelting process, more than two tons of slag is produced with each ton of copper. Copper losses in smelting slags are made up of chemically soluble copper (≈ …