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Extraction of Nickel from Ferromolybdenum Leach Residues

The extraction of nickel from ferromolybdenum leach residues by sulphation roasting, water leaching and iron removal from subsequent nickel leach solutions was studied. Sulphation roasting and water leaching promote the reaction between sulphuric acid and the residue and decrease the silicon dissolution. Over 90% of Ni was leached. Ferric ions in the solution could be effectively removed as jarosite and ferric hydroxide. The recovery of nickel reached 88·3% under sulphation roasting with the sulphuric acid quality of 1472 kg t⁻¹ leach residue at 280°C for 4 h followed by iron removal with addition of 0·5 g NaClO₃, 6 g Na₂SO₄ and 10 g CaO/100 mL solution at 95°C for 2·5 h, while the concentration of iron in solution reduced to 0·38 from 56·6 g/L⁻¹.

Nickel is a chemical element with symbol Ni and atomic number 28. It is a silvery-white lustrous metal with a slight golden tinge. Nickel belongs to the transition metals and is hard and ductile. Pure nickel shows a significant chemical activity that can be observed when nickel is powdered to maximize the exposed surface area on which reactions can occur, but larger pieces of the metal are slow to react with air at ambient conditions due to the formation of a protective oxide surface. Even then, nickel is reactive enough with oxygen that native nickel is rarely found on Earth's surface, being mostly confined to the interiors of larger nickel–iron meteorites that were protected from oxidation during their time in space. On Earth, such native nickel is found in combination with iron, a reflection of those elements' origin as major end products of supernova nucleosynthesis. An iron–nickel mixture is thought to compose Earth's inner core.

 

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