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Association Law of Sulfur and Different Components in Zinc Smelting High-Sulfur Residue

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The changes in the wetting angle between sulfur and the main minerals in high-sulfur residue were investigated, which reflected the degree of difficulty of association between sulfur and the different minerals under various conditions. Sphalerite, pyrite, gypsum, quartz, and muscovite were selected as the research objects. The experimental results indicated that the wetting angle between sulfur and the five minerals decreases gradually with an increase in the temperature and reaches a stable level at approximately 130°C. Increasing the contents of the additives and the oxygen partial pressure can promote the separation of sulfur and the five minerals. Adding sulfuric acid to the system is conducive to the separation of sulfur and muscovite but not to the separation of sulfur and the other four minerals. Finally, according to the experimental data and a similarity theory, criterion equations for the wetting angle between sulfur and the five minerals were deduced.

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Acknowledgement

The authors thank Beijing General Institute of Mining and Metallurgy for the assistance with the experimental tests.

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Financial support was provided by the National Key R&D Program of China (2018YFC1902005), the National Nature Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51804136, 52064021, 52074136, 51974140, and 52064018), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (nos. 2019T120625 and 2019M652276), the Jiangxi Provincial Cultivation Program for Academic and Technical Leaders of Major Subjects (No. 20204BCJL23031), the Jiangxi Province Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (No. 20202ACB213002), the Merit-based postdoctoral research in Jiangxi Province (No. 2019KY09), the Key Projects of Jiangxi Key R&D Plan (No. 20192ACB70017), the cultivation project of the State Key Laboratory of Green Development and High-value Utilization of Ionic Rare Earth Resources in Jiangxi Province (No. 20194AFD44003), the Program of Qingjiang Excellent Young Talents, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology (JXUSTQJBJ2020004), and the Distinguished Professor Program of Jinggang Scholars in institutions of higher learning, Jiangxi Province.

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    Ao Gong, Jia-Cong Xu, Rui-Xiang Wang, Cheng-Yan Wang & Lei Tian

  2. Ganzhou Engineering Technology Research Center of Green Metallurgy and Process Intensification, Ganzhou, 341000, Jiangxi, China

    Ao Gong, Jia-Cong Xu, Rui-Xiang Wang & Lei Tian

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Gong, A., Xu, JC., Wang, RX. et al. Association Law of Sulfur and Different Components in Zinc Smelting High-Sulfur Residue. JOM 74, 2000–2009 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-022-05173-8

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