{"title":"Comparative study on removal of metallurgical silicon impurities by different acid leaching methods","authors":"Zijie Gao, D. Luo","doi":"10.37190/ppmp/162331","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Hydrometallurgy is considered a promising method to produce solar-grade silicon (SOG-Si) from metallurgical-grade silicon (MG-Si) due to its advantages of low cost, simple operation, and easy control. In this paper, the effects of particle size of MG-Si, type of acid, leaching time, temperature, and liquid-to-solid ratio on the purification efficiency were investigated in an external field environment with the addition of ultrasound. The purification efficiencies of the two acid-leaching methods were compared. It was found that the simultaneous use of HCl + HNO3 was more effective than using only HCl for impurity removal in MG-Si: the extraction efficiencies of impurities Fe and Al were increased by 2.2% and 13.4%, respectively. The impurity contents in MG-Si before and after calcination pretreatment were also compared. This paper is expected to help researchers select the appropriate hydrometallurgical technique to reduce the impurity content in MG-Si.","PeriodicalId":49137,"journal":{"name":"Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3000,"publicationDate":"2023-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.37190/ppmp/162331","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Hydrometallurgy is considered a promising method to produce solar-grade silicon (SOG-Si) from metallurgical-grade silicon (MG-Si) due to its advantages of low cost, simple operation, and easy control. In this paper, the effects of particle size of MG-Si, type of acid, leaching time, temperature, and liquid-to-solid ratio on the purification efficiency were investigated in an external field environment with the addition of ultrasound. The purification efficiencies of the two acid-leaching methods were compared. It was found that the simultaneous use of HCl + HNO3 was more effective than using only HCl for impurity removal in MG-Si: the extraction efficiencies of impurities Fe and Al were increased by 2.2% and 13.4%, respectively. The impurity contents in MG-Si before and after calcination pretreatment were also compared. This paper is expected to help researchers select the appropriate hydrometallurgical technique to reduce the impurity content in MG-Si.
期刊介绍:
Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing is an international, open access journal which covers theoretical approaches and their practical applications in all aspects of mineral processing and extractive metallurgy.
Criteria for publication in the Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing journal are novelty, quality and current interest. Manuscripts which only make routine use of minor extensions to well established methodologies are not appropriate for the journal.
Topics of interest
Analytical techniques and applied mineralogy
Computer applications
Comminution, classification and sorting
Froth flotation
Solid-liquid separation
Gravity concentration
Magnetic and electric separation
Hydro and biohydrometallurgy
Extractive metallurgy
Recycling and mineral wastes
Environmental aspects of mineral processing
and other mineral processing related subjects.