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Chlorine as a Suitable Lixiviant for Gold
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(1991). Chlorine as a Suitable Lixiviant for Gold.
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(1991). Chlorine as a Suitable Lixiviant for Gold.
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Organization: The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Pages: 9
Publication Date:
Jan 1, 1991
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| Chlorine as a lixiviant for gold possesses a number of significant chemical and Idnetic advantages over cyanide but because of its corrosive and vaporous nature the method of implementation needs to be significantly modified. At comparable reagent concentrations the dissolution rate for gold in the C12/Cl- systems is some 10 - 100 times that achieved in the 02/CN system. The dissolution rate in the chlorine system is largely a function of the concentration of C12, Cl- and pH. Under conditions of low Cl', (less than 50 g/1), the dissolution rate begins to drop off dramatically over the pH range from 3 - 4. Increasing the level of dissolved chloride ions shifts the pH of this rate reduction to around pH 5 at 100 g/l NaCl, and to around pH 6 at 300 g/l NaCl. |
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