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A mass spectrometric technique combined with a double Knudsen cell was used to determine the antimony and copper activities in the Cu-Sb binary system at 1373 K and in the two-melt composition range of the Cu−S−Sb ternary system at 1423 K. The antimony and copper activities were calculated based on the intensity ration of the gaseous Sb and Cu species, over the unknown and known activity samples, respectively. γ oSb were found to be 1.1×10−2 in molten copper at 1373 K, and 1.8×10−2 and 0.44 in a copper-rich phase and in a matter phase, of the Cu−S−Sb ternary system at 1423 K, respectively. These values indicate, that antimony can be removed during the matte smelting and slagging stage of the copper smelting process. Interaction parameters of antimony in molten copper slagging stage of the copper smelting process. Interaction parameters of antimony in molten copper at 1423 K were calculated and found to be 10.7, −5.4, and 6.3 for ε SbSb · ρSb Sb, and ε SSb , respectively.
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M. HINO, formerly Visiting Scientist at the University of Toronto
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Hino, M., Toguri, J.M. Antimony activities in copper mattes. Metall Trans B 18, 189–194 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02658443
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