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A Kinetic Study of Indium Leaching from Indium-Bearing Zinc Ferrite Under Microwave Heating

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To obtain information about leaching reaction and kinetics of indium from indium-bearing materials under microwave heating (MH), leaching of indium from indium-bearing zinc ferrite (IBZF) has been investigated. IBZF samples under MH and under conventional heating (CH) were studied by X-ray diffraction and specific surface area. Compared with that of CH, the effect of MH and the effects of various control parameters on indium leaching were studied. The results showed that compared with CH, MH enhanced the indium leaching from IBZF and increased the leaching rate. The leaching behavior of indium from IBZF was analyzed by unreacted shrinking core model, and the regression of kinetic equations showed that leaching of indium from IBZF obeyed the model very well. The activation energies under MH and under CH were 77.374 kJ/mol and 53.555 kJ/mol, respectively; the ratio of frequency factor K 0(MH)/K 0(CH) was 10,818.36. The activation mechanism involved in leaching of indium under MH was mainly the increase of reactant energy and effective collision, which caused by the thermal and nonthermal microwave effect. Compared with the activation energy, the effective collision played a more important role in the acceleration of leaching of indium.

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The work was supported by Guangxi Science Foundation funded project (2012GXNSFAA053210), Guangxi University Scientific Research Foundation funded project (XJZ120273), and Laboratory Construction and Experimental Teaching Reform of Guangxi University funded project (20120329).

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  1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, P.R. China

    Linye Zhang (Ph.D. Candidate), Jiamei Mo (Master Candidate), Xuanhai Li (Professor), Liuping Pan (Associate Professor), Xinyuan Liang (Associate Professor) & Guangtao Wei (Professor, Visiting Scholar)

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada

    Guangtao Wei (Professor, Visiting Scholar)

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Zhang, L., Mo, J., Li, X. et al. A Kinetic Study of Indium Leaching from Indium-Bearing Zinc Ferrite Under Microwave Heating. Metall Mater Trans B 44, 1329–1336 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-013-9930-9

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