It is seen from Fig. 3 that at CN/Cu mole ratio of 2/1 and pH 10, 3% of the initial cuprous species are oxidised to cupric species and precipitate as Cu(OH)2 in alkaline solution at Eh of 300 mV (SHE); while the oxidised copper is increased to 26% with Eh rising up to 500 mV (SHE). The oxidation of cuprous cyanide species and precipitation as copper hydroxide were also measured experimentally by Dai and Breuer (2009). The precipitation of Cu(OH)2 adversely affects the subsequent experiments due to copper being lost before reaching the expected cyanide to copper ratio of 2/1 and the cupric species formed may activate pyrite flotation accidently (Chandra and Gerson, 2009, Finkelstein, 1997 and Weisener and Gerson, 2000). It is worth noting that practically higher cyanide concentrations are used to prepare the stock solutions and then added to flotation pulp. Furthermore, during the preparation of stock solution, pH is usually modified to above 10 to prevent any HCN volatilisation and dissolve CuCN solids as sufficient as possible because the stability constant of the equilibrium products is very close to the Ksp of CuCN; otherwise, CuCN would easily precipitate, especially at lower pH values ( Lu et al., 2002). However, it is found that the oxidation of Cu(CN)2− is accelerated at a higher concentration (shown in Fig. 3) and a higher pH value (not shown here).
It is seen from Fig. 3 that at CN/Cu mole ratio of 2/1 and pH 10, 3% of the initial cuprous species are oxidised to cupric species and precipitate as Cu(OH)2 in alkaline solution at Eh of 300 mV (SHE); while the oxidised copper is increased to 26% with Eh rising up to 500 mV (SHE). The oxidation of cuprous cyanide species and precipitation as copper hydroxide were also measured experimentally by Dai and Breuer (2009). The precipitation of Cu(OH)2 adversely affects the subsequent experiments due to copper being lost before reaching the expected cyanide to copper ratio of 2/1 and the cupric species formed may activate pyrite flotation accidently (Chandra and Gerson, 2009, Finkelstein, 1997 and Weisener and Gerson, 2000). It is worth noting that practically higher cyanide concentrations are used to prepare the stock solutions and then added to flotation pulp. Furthermore, during the preparation of stock solution, pH is usually modified to above 10 to prevent any HCN volatilisation and dissolve CuCN solids as sufficient as possible because the stability constant of the equilibrium products is very close to the Ksp of CuCN; otherwise, CuCN would easily precipitate, especially at lower pH values ( Lu et al., 2002). However, it is found that the oxidation of Cu(CN)2− is accelerated at a higher concentration (shown in Fig. 3) and a higher pH value (not shown here).
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