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A gallium concentrate with more than 0.1% Ga can be obtained by 'roasting-sulfuric acid leaching-and precipitation' process from alunite concentrate. In order to realize the high value utilization of gallium concentrate, the technology of recovering metal gallium by 'alkali leaching-ion exchange-solution purification-electrowinning' was proposed, and the optimum technological conditions were studied. Under the optimum conditions, the leaching rate of Ga in gallium concentrates reaches 98.46%. The ion exchange experiment shows that the D5240 resin can effectively enrich Ga, but the impurity vanadium is also enriched. The desorption solution contains gallium 2.1 g/L and vanadium 0.23 g/L. Vanadium can be removed by the calcium salt method under the condition of pH=12. When the Ca2+ additive amount is 0.02 mol/L, the vanadium concentration is reduced to 1.45 mg/L. The current efficiency in gallium electrodeposits increases firstly and then decreases. When the electrodeposition time is 2 h, the current efficiency reaches 4.3% of the peak value. With the increase of NaOH concentration in the electrodeposition electrolyte, the cathode surface is from coarse to smooth. Finally, the purity of 99.94% metallic gallium is obtained. © 2018, Science Press. All right reserved.
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Chinese Journal of Nonferrous Metals
ISSN: 1004-0609
Year: 2018
Issue: 11
Volume: 28
Page: 2351-2357
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