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Recovery of rare earths from rare earth molten salt electrolytic slag using atmospheric pressure alkaline leaching enhanced by ultrasonic 超声波强化常压碱浸从稀土熔盐电解渣中回收稀土
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Minerals Engineering Pub Date : 2025-10-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2025.109802
Yusufujiang Mubula , Mingming Yu , Huashan Yan , Heyue Niu , Kun Xu , Zhehan Zhu , Jingzhong Kuang , Guangjun Mei
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High-purity quartz sand from mineral purification: a review on process, mechanism, and environmental strategies 矿物提纯高纯石英砂的工艺、机理及环保策略综述
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Minerals Engineering Pub Date : 2025-10-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2025.109801
Zhongxiang Yu, Dawei Luo, Ke Zhao, Ke Rong, Jiabao Deng, Zijie Gao
{"title":"High-purity quartz sand from mineral purification: a review on process, mechanism, and environmental strategies","authors":"Zhongxiang Yu,&nbsp;Dawei Luo,&nbsp;Ke Zhao,&nbsp;Ke Rong,&nbsp;Jiabao Deng,&nbsp;Zijie Gao","doi":"10.1016/j.mineng.2025.109801","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mineng.2025.109801","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>High-purity quartz (HPQ) is a critical mineral resource valued for its stable physicochemical properties and broad applications in semiconductors, photovoltaics, quartz glass, and optical devices. Meeting strict impurity standards requires advanced purification technologies. However, the purification process faces challenges such as high energy consumption during calcination and environmental pollution caused by chemical-leaching waste. Despite these challenges, the high added value and increasing use of HPQ in advanced technologies underscore its importance. This review categorises purification technologies into physical and chemical methods, analysing their mechanisms and effectiveness in removing gangue minerals, fluid inclusions, and lattice impurities. Physical methods efficiently separate independent gangue minerals but are less effective for trace lattice impurities because of limitations in macroscopic physical properties. Therefore, chemical methods are essential for deep purification, with calcination enhancing leaching efficiency. Phase transformations during calcination promote the migration and surface enrichment of lattice impurities, enabling effective removal through chlorination roasting or acid leaching. Recent advances focus on environmentally sustainable processes such as superconducting high-gradient magnetic separation, bioleaching, and hybrid methods combining microwave or ultrasonic treatments with fluoride-free acid leaching. By integrating cutting-edge combined purification technologies, this review outlines key future directions for HPQ purification and offers insights for optimising green processing techniques.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18594,"journal":{"name":"Minerals Engineering","volume":"235 ","pages":"Article 109801"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145222511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Revealing the phosphorus and fluorine adsorption behavior of (modified) vermiculite: Enhancing comprehensive performance in phosphogysum leachate 揭示(改性)蛭石对磷、氟的吸附行为:提高磷石膏渗滤液的综合性能
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Minerals Engineering Pub Date : 2025-10-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2025.109809
Fang Zhou , Xia Zhang , Chufang Liang , Bingqiao Yang , Huihua Luo , Junxia Yu , Qingbiao Zhao , Kaimin Zhang , Ruan Chi
{"title":"Revealing the phosphorus and fluorine adsorption behavior of (modified) vermiculite: Enhancing comprehensive performance in phosphogysum leachate","authors":"Fang Zhou ,&nbsp;Xia Zhang ,&nbsp;Chufang Liang ,&nbsp;Bingqiao Yang ,&nbsp;Huihua Luo ,&nbsp;Junxia Yu ,&nbsp;Qingbiao Zhao ,&nbsp;Kaimin Zhang ,&nbsp;Ruan Chi","doi":"10.1016/j.mineng.2025.109809","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mineng.2025.109809","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Phosphogypsum leachate, generated through rainfall-induced erosion, contains high levels of soluble phosphorus (P) and fluorine (F), posing serious environmental risks. This study employs a facile modification method that increases the surface area of vermiculite up nearly 100 times, while introducing abundant cation active sites for adsorption of P and F. The A1 adsorbent exhibited the best performance in removing soluble P and soluble F. Under optimal conditions (pH 11, adsorbent dosage of 5.5 g·L<sup>-1,</sup> adsorption time of 480  min, and adsorption temperature of 50 °C), the adsorbent exhibited selective adsorption for soluble P and soluble F (with a selective adsorption preference difference of 79.71). Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) revealed that the surface of modified vermiculite covered with dense nanoparticles and stacking pores, which expose more active sites. Combined with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis, the adsorption of P and F occurs primarily through surface complexation via ligand exchange. Regeneration studies revealed that A1 exhibited good desorption and regeneration performance, which retained 75 % of P and 44 % of F adsorption capacity after six regeneration cycles.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18594,"journal":{"name":"Minerals Engineering","volume":"235 ","pages":"Article 109809"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145221787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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A new mineral quantification method via global feature fusion of plane-polarized and cross-polarized light images: MQM-p/xpl 基于平面偏振光和交叉偏振光图像全局特征融合的矿物定量新方法:MQM-p/xpl
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Minerals Engineering Pub Date : 2025-10-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2025.109803
W. Ma , Z.H. Xu , P. Lin , S. Li
{"title":"A new mineral quantification method via global feature fusion of plane-polarized and cross-polarized light images: MQM-p/xpl","authors":"W. Ma ,&nbsp;Z.H. Xu ,&nbsp;P. Lin ,&nbsp;S. Li","doi":"10.1016/j.mineng.2025.109803","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mineng.2025.109803","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The accurate and efficient identification of minerals in rock thin sections is essential for process mineralogy and ore characterization. However, traditional manual analysis is inherently subjective, time-consuming, and heavily dependent on expert interpretation. To address this challenge, a mineral quantification method based on global feature fusion is proposed, in which plane-polarized light (PPL) and multi-angle cross-polarized light (XPL) images are utilized to construct multidimensional feature representations, enhancing the discrimination of complex mineral phases. To leverage the complementary feature characteristics of PPL and XPL inputs, a two-stage augmentation strategy is introduced, consisting of general and polarization-specific enhancements to improve texture extraction in PPL and color feature perception in XPL. A multi-output joint training framework is further designed by incorporating global feature fusion and weighted inference mechanisms, enabling collaborative modeling of complementary features from PPL and XPL inputs and improving segmentation accuracy. Based on the segmented results, a pixel-level compositional quantification method is established to achieve mineral abundances estimation. The results demonstrate that the proposed model achieves an average <em>F1-score</em> (<em>Ave.F1</em>) of 80% and a mean Intersection over Union (<em>mIoU</em>) of 68% on test set. It is further validated on thin sections containing quartz, plagioclase, K-feldspar, mica, clinopyroxene, and hornblende, showing high consistency with manual interpretation in predicting major mineral abundances. This work contributes a novel and efficient approach for automated, objective, and reproducible mineralogical analysis, with potential applications in digital petrography, process mineralogy, and intelligent ore characterization.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18594,"journal":{"name":"Minerals Engineering","volume":"235 ","pages":"Article 109803"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145222512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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High-efficiency treatment of lead-zinc beneficiation wastewater by Fenton (FT) coupled with micro-nano bubbles (MNBs): effective utilization of H2O2 Fenton (FT) -微纳气泡(MNBs)高效处理铅锌选矿废水:H2O2的有效利用
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Minerals Engineering Pub Date : 2025-10-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2025.109808
Xiaoqi Wu , Zhaoyang Song , Qiongqiong He , Yifei Li , Shaomeng Huang , Zhenyong Miao
{"title":"High-efficiency treatment of lead-zinc beneficiation wastewater by Fenton (FT) coupled with micro-nano bubbles (MNBs): effective utilization of H2O2","authors":"Xiaoqi Wu ,&nbsp;Zhaoyang Song ,&nbsp;Qiongqiong He ,&nbsp;Yifei Li ,&nbsp;Shaomeng Huang ,&nbsp;Zhenyong Miao","doi":"10.1016/j.mineng.2025.109808","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mineng.2025.109808","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Mineral processing wastewater residues large amounts of organic flotation reagents (xanthate and No. 2 oil), posing environmental and health risks. Traditional Fenton (FT) methods face limitations like acidic pH dependence, low efficiency, and reagent waste. This study first introduces a stepwise FT process coupled with micro-nano bubbles (MNBs) to enhance treatment efficiency of difficult-to-degrade lead–zinc beneficiation wastewater. The MNBs-assisted system achieved 85.43 % COD (chemical oxygen demand) removal in 60 min, while only 38.54 % was achieved without MNBs, and extended pH applicability to neutral. With thermal activation, COD decreased from 1008.00 to 96.65 mg/L, which meeting GB25466 − 2010 discharge limit and achieving 90.3 % degradation. MNBs significantly improved H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> utilization, demonstrating industrial potential.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18594,"journal":{"name":"Minerals Engineering","volume":"235 ","pages":"Article 109808"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145222513","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Involvement of Reactive Oxygen Species in the Early Stages of Biofilm Formation on Metal Sulphide Surfaces by the Acidophile Leptospirillum sp. CF-1 嗜酸菌钩端螺旋体CF-1在金属硫化物表面形成生物膜早期阶段活性氧的参与
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Minerals Engineering Pub Date : 2025-09-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2025.109806
Mauricio Núñez , Christin Boldt , Claudia Muñoz-Villagrán , Carolina Yáñez , Daniela González , Michael Schlömann , Gloria Levicán
{"title":"Involvement of Reactive Oxygen Species in the Early Stages of Biofilm Formation on Metal Sulphide Surfaces by the Acidophile Leptospirillum sp. CF-1","authors":"Mauricio Núñez ,&nbsp;Christin Boldt ,&nbsp;Claudia Muñoz-Villagrán ,&nbsp;Carolina Yáñez ,&nbsp;Daniela González ,&nbsp;Michael Schlömann ,&nbsp;Gloria Levicán","doi":"10.1016/j.mineng.2025.109806","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mineng.2025.109806","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Bioleaching of metals from sulphide minerals is an interfacial process that is promoted by biofilm formation. Since sulphide minerals spontaneously produce H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>, this study evaluated the role of this compound in the early adherence of the acidophilic bioleaching bacterium Leptospirillum sp. CF-1 to different substrates. During 8 h of incubation under acidic conditions, the minerals produced micromolar amounts of H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> (pyrite &gt; chalcopyrite &gt; sphalerite). As expected, suspensions containing quartz did not produce detectable amounts of H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>. In agreement, adherence to pyrite, chalcopyrite, and sphalerite steadily increased during the 8 h of the assays, while no adherence to quartz was detected. After 8 h of incubation, the highest and lowest adherence were observed for pyrite (94 % ± 1.8) and sphalerite (73 % ± 4), respectively. Furthermore, incubation of the strain CF-1 in the presence of 10 μM H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> for 2 and 6 h led to an increase in early-stage biofilm formation compared to non-exposed biofilms. In agreement, 10 μM H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> also significantly stimulated the adherence of the strain to various sulphide minerals and quartz, suggesting that H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> itself has a key effect on attachment to different substrates. Exposure of strain CF-1 to 10 μM H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> also resulted in an increase in the expression of genes for flagellin (<em>flaA</em>), type IV pili (<em>pilV</em>), diffusible signal factor (<em>dfs</em>), and genes related to the synthesis of EPS (<em>epsDHI</em>). Altogether, these results suggest that H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> could represent an important environmental signal that favours the adherence of the microorganism to the mineral by regulating the expression of genes related to adherence and biofilm formation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18594,"journal":{"name":"Minerals Engineering","volume":"235 ","pages":"Article 109806"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145222509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Transformation mechanism of Fe impurities during Fe removal from vein quartz via low-temperature sulfuric acid roasting 低温硫酸焙烧脱脉石英铁过程中铁杂质的转化机理
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Minerals Engineering Pub Date : 2025-09-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2025.109807
Junjie Zhao , Songjiang Guo , Guangying Zhang , Guangtong Ai , Kuixian Wei , Wenhui Ma
{"title":"Transformation mechanism of Fe impurities during Fe removal from vein quartz via low-temperature sulfuric acid roasting","authors":"Junjie Zhao ,&nbsp;Songjiang Guo ,&nbsp;Guangying Zhang ,&nbsp;Guangtong Ai ,&nbsp;Kuixian Wei ,&nbsp;Wenhui Ma","doi":"10.1016/j.mineng.2025.109807","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mineng.2025.109807","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Removing Fe impurities is the key to purifying vein quartz for the production of high-purity quartz sand. However, conventional Fe removal methods suffer from HF contamination and operational complexity, hindering clean and efficient quartz purification. This study investigated the Fe removal efficiency and transformation mechanisms of Fe impurities in quartz using a low-temperature H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub> roasting followed by water leaching approach. Results indicated that roasting temperature serves as the predominant factor governing Fe speciation evolution during the H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub> roasting. When the roasting temperature was below 523 K, iron oxides impurities reacted with H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub> to form water-soluble Fe<sub>2</sub>(SO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>3</sub>. However, increasing the temperature above 523 K resulted in the decomposition of Fe<sub>2</sub>(SO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>3</sub> into sparingly soluble Fe<sub>12</sub>O<sub>3</sub>(SO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>15</sub>. Thermal motion of H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub> facilitated the enrichment of the product Fe<sub>2</sub>(SO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>3</sub> on the surface of quartz during the roasting process. Under conditions of roasting at 523 K and water leaching at 353 K, the content of Fe decreased from 980 μg·g<sup>−1</sup> to 12.51 μg·g<sup>−1</sup>, thereby achieving a removal rate of up to 98.72 %. This study provides a clean and efficient method for preparing high-purity quartz sand using vein quartz.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18594,"journal":{"name":"Minerals Engineering","volume":"235 ","pages":"Article 109807"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145222510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Towards sustainable management of electrolytic manganese residue: Pollution control and circular resource utilization 电解锰渣的可持续管理:污染控制与资源循环利用
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Minerals Engineering Pub Date : 2025-09-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2025.109798
Yaoyu Yan , Shuchen Sun , A. Shubo , Jing Wei , Faxin Xiao , Ganfeng Tu
{"title":"Towards sustainable management of electrolytic manganese residue: Pollution control and circular resource utilization","authors":"Yaoyu Yan ,&nbsp;Shuchen Sun ,&nbsp;A. Shubo ,&nbsp;Jing Wei ,&nbsp;Faxin Xiao ,&nbsp;Ganfeng Tu","doi":"10.1016/j.mineng.2025.109798","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mineng.2025.109798","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Electrolytic manganese residue (EMR), a major byproduct of electrolytic manganese metal (EMM) production, poses significant environmental and resource management challenges. This review systematically examines the physicochemical properties, environmental impact, and current detoxification and valorization strategies for EMR. Various utilization approaches, including resource recovery, construction materials, environmental remediation, and functional materials, are evaluated in terms of their applications, advantages, and limitations. The potential for optimizing EMR processing to enhance sustainability is highlighted, with a focus on cost-effective detoxification methods and circular economy-driven utilization strategies. Advanced materials engineering plays a key role in enhancing the performance and utilization efficiency of EMR-based functional materials. In parallel, comprehensive environmental management strategies are vital to mitigate ecological risks and ensure sustainable implementation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18594,"journal":{"name":"Minerals Engineering","volume":"235 ","pages":"Article 109798"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145156346","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Enhanced gold recovery from e-waste by biological thiosulfate leaching and trace gold extraction with UiO-66-NH2 生物硫代硫酸盐浸出和UiO-66-NH2萃取微量金提高电子垃圾中金的回收率
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Minerals Engineering Pub Date : 2025-09-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2025.109796
Fatemeh Pourhossein , Fatemeh Aghili , Seyyed Mohammad Mousavi , Sebastien Farnaud
{"title":"Enhanced gold recovery from e-waste by biological thiosulfate leaching and trace gold extraction with UiO-66-NH2","authors":"Fatemeh Pourhossein ,&nbsp;Fatemeh Aghili ,&nbsp;Seyyed Mohammad Mousavi ,&nbsp;Sebastien Farnaud","doi":"10.1016/j.mineng.2025.109796","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mineng.2025.109796","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The recycling of precious metals from electronic waste (e-waste) is essential to respond to the increasing demand for strategic metal. Compared to the cyanide method, the thiosulfate bioleaching method is considered a greener and cleaner approach for gold recovery. However, gold recovery from thiosulfate bioleaching solutions remains a challenge. This study addressed these challenges by optimizing the production of biogenic thiosulfate from <em>Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans</em> <!--> <!--> <!-->using a combination of NaN₃ and KCN at the optimal ratio of 4:1.The thiosulfate bioleaching process achieved a 30% extraction efficiency (0.6 mg/L) of gold, from 10 g/L of spent printed circuit boards. The adsorption of gold was explored using UiO-66-NH<sub>2</sub>, a highly porous metal–organic framework (MOF) with a Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) surface area of 1840 m<sup>2</sup>/g and a pore size of 5–15 nm. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis confirmed the presence of amino functional groups, enhance the gold-binding affinity. The synthesized metal–organic framework, UiO-66-NH<sub>2</sub>, demonstrated a 50% gold adsorption capacity from the bioleaching solution within 2 h. The electrostatic attraction between the NH<sub>3</sub><sup>+</sup> groups of UiO-66-NH<sub>2</sub> and <span><math><mrow><mi>Au</mi><msubsup><mfenced><mrow><msub><mi>S</mi><mn>2</mn></msub><msub><mi>O</mi><mn>3</mn></msub></mrow></mfenced><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow><mrow><mn>3</mn><mo>-</mo></mrow></msubsup></mrow></math></span>, combined with internal Zr-OH complexes, played a crucial role in the adsorption mechanism. Gold ions (Au<sup>3+</sup>) were reduced to elemental gold (Au<sup>0</sup>) via an oxidation–reduction reaction facilitated by amino groups, as confirmed through FTIR, field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), mapping and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) analysis. Adsorption kinetics analysis indicated that the process followed a pseudo-second-order model. These results demonstratea sustainable method for recovering gold directly from e-waste bioleaching solutions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18594,"journal":{"name":"Minerals Engineering","volume":"235 ","pages":"Article 109796"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145182884","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Performance evaluation of gold (III) bio-reduction by bacterial strains and a consortium isolated from gold mine effluent 从金矿废水中分离的菌株和联合体生物还原金的性能评价(III)
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Minerals Engineering Pub Date : 2025-09-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2025.109797
Miranda Mpeta, Job T. Tendenedzai, Shepherd M. Tichapondwa, Evans M.N. Chirwa
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