Advances towards a Clean Hydrometallurgical Process for Chromite
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Chromium Salt Preparation Technology
3. Leaching Process of Chromite in Sulfuric Acid Solution
4. Separation of Cr3+ and Fe3+ in Sulfuric Acid Leaching Solution
4.1. Separation by Solvent Extraction
4.1.1. Liquid-Liquid Extraction of Chromium
4.1.2. Liquid-Liquid Extraction of Iron
4.2. Recovery of Chromium by Salting-Out
4.3. Removal of Iron by Precipitation Methods
4.3.1. Iron Hydrolysis
4.3.2. Jarosite Process
4.3.3. Formation of Mohr’s Salt
4.3.4. Ferrous Oxalate Precipitation
5. Conclusions and Perspectives
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Chicago/Turabian StyleZhang, Bo, Peiyang Shi, and Maofa Jiang. 2016. "Advances towards a Clean Hydrometallurgical Process for Chromite" Minerals 6, no. 1: 7. https://doi.org/10.3390/min6010007
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