Chemical composition of iron sulphides contained in dust from pyrometallurgical Zn and Pb production

Abstract

The paper presents results of investigations of the chemical composition of iron sulphides contained in dust from the pyrometallurgical production process of zinc and lead. The main mineral components of these dusts are sphalerite, galena, iron sulphide – pyrite, zincite, anglesite and probably kirchsteinite. The tests performed have demonstrated that the chemical composition of iron sulphide grains was not close to stoichiometric, the grains were non-uniform in terms of phase composition and they always included admixtures in the form of inclusions of other sulphides, i.e. zinc sulphide and lead sulphide, and accompanying elements (Ca, Mn, Se, As, Ag, Cu, Cd).