Dissolution Leaching Kinetics of Ulexite in Disodium Hydrogen Phosphate Solutions

Ulexite (Na2O.2CaO.5B2O3.16H2O) is boron mineral
that is found in large quantities in the Turkey and world. In this
study, the dissolution of this mineral in the disodium hydrogen
phosphate solutions has been studied. Temperature, concentration,
stirring speed, solid liquid ratio and particle size were selected as
parameters. The experimental results were successfully correlated by
linear regression using Statistica program. Dissolution curves were
evaluated shrinking core models for solid-fluid systems. It was
observed that increase in the reaction temperature and decrease in the
solid/liquid ratio causes an increase the dissolution rate of ulexite.
The activation energy was found to be 63.4 kJ/mol. The leaching of
ulexite was controlled by chemical reaction.

• Betül Özgenç Kaya
• Soner Kuslu
• Sabri Çolak
• Turan Çalban

• Disodium hydrogen phosphate
• Leaching kinetics
• Ulexite.

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