The adsorption behavior of gold from copper–tartrate–thiosulfate solutions with ion-exchange resins was studied in this paper. Experimental parameters include resin dosage, pH, temperature, copper, tartrate, and thiosulfate concentration. A moderate increase tartrate concentration is beneficial for adsorption, but an excessive or higher temperature depresses the process. Increasing copper conce...

Electroless plating is a chemical reduction process which depends upon the catalytic reduction of a metallic ion in an aqueous solution containing a reducing agent without the use of electricity (1). Cahill (2) showed that the cupric ion could be reduced autocatalytically with formaldehyde in an alkaline solution. Okinaka (3 ) established that the overall reaction of the catalytic copper platin...

kinetics of the chemical leaching of chalcocite from a low-grade copper ore in a ferric sulfate medium was investigated using the constrained least square optimization technique. the experiments were carried out for different particle sizes in both the reactor and column at constant eh, ph, and temperature. the leaching rate increased with increase in the temperature. about 50% of the cu recove...

In the present study a novel approach has been made to evaluate the toxicity of cadmium in maize (Zea mays L. cv KJ9451) in terms of germination, seedling growth, pigment development and relevant enzyme activity and the possible remedial approach using potassium and copper to reduce cadmium toxicity. For the present investigations maize seeds were sown in petridishes on filter paper in triplica...

We report the case of a 56-year-old white man who presented at the Emergency Department for evaluation of dark-red urine. Rapid development of acute renal failure and haemolytic anaemia initially elicited the hypothesis of a haemolytic-uremic syndrome. A previous exposure to a gas mixture containing arsenic and copper was later recognized as the probable aetiology while other differential diagn...

Although it has been recognized only relatively recently that the electrowinning process could be employed for the recovery of metals from wastewaters, the basic process is well established. Electroref ining, a process closely related to electrow inning, was introduced about a hundred years ago. Today, practically a l l of the world's copper (approx. 8,000,000 metric tons/year) i s electroref i...

A novel electrochemical device was used to recover copper metal from an inorganic chemicals process effluent. In a sidestream pilot-plant demonstration, the copper content was continuously reduced from an average of 20 mg/l to less than 2 mg/l. The basic concepts, laboratory testing, and pilot-plant demonstration are described. General Future water-pollution regulations may require effluent con...

With the increases in costs of iron and copper ores, incongruity between significant imports these ores into China ongoing accumulation unused slag has greatly increased. Even so, there are few low-value methods for utilization slag. The present work demonstrates processing this material via reduction whilst smelting wear-resistant cast iron. This system is able to recover copper, iron, zinc, l...

Recovery of copper and chelating agents from sludge extracting solutions Fang-Chih Chang a, Shang-Lien Lo a,∗, Chun-Han Ko b a Research Center for Environmental Pollution Prevention and Control Technology, Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University, 71 Chou-Shan Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, ROC b School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan Univers...