Abstract:
Microwave alkaline roasting-water dissolving process was proposed to improve the germanium extraction. Alkali-material ratio, microwave heating temperature and leaching temperature are the significant factors for the process. By analyzing each factors systematically, the optimized conditions were obtained as follows, alkali-material ratio of 1 g·g
-1, aging time of 5 day, microwave heating at 400℃, microwave alkaline roasting holding time of 10 min, liquid-solid ratio of 5 mL/g, leaching temperature at 70℃ with the germanium extraction about 91.15%. Compared with the existing methods, the alkaline roasting temperature was reduced from 950~1 100℃ to 408℃ and the alkaline roasting holding time was greatly reduced from 1~4 h to 10 min.