Process development for recovery of lead as lead monoxide from lead-bearing waste
- Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, MI (United States)
A process has been developed from laboratory-scale experiments for the aqueous processing of various lead-bearing wastes. The process exploits the limited solubility of lead in sulfate-rich solutions to effectively separate lead from other metals. The lead sulfate is then completely converted to lead carbonate using sodium carbonate and ammonium carbonate. The effectiveness of this conversion was observed to be sensitive to the solution pH and carbonate concentration. The final stage of the process uses low temperature calcination of the lead carbonate to form PbO. Yellow lead oxide (massicot) is readily formed if calcination is conducted at a temperature at or above 500{degrees}C, while red lead oxide (litharge) is formed at temperatures near 450{degrees}C. A complete economical analysis of the process will be discussed. 7 refs., 8 figs., 3 tabs.
- OSTI ID:
- 447195
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-961018-; TRN: 97:000327-0021
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) fall extraction and process metallurgy meeting, Scottsdale, AZ (United States), 27-30 Oct 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Second international symposium on extraction and processing for the treatment and minimization of wastes - 1996; Ramachandran, V.; Nesbitt, C.C. [eds.]; PB: 870 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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