Comparisons of species and coagulation
effects of PFSsolution and solid
PFS from pyrite cinders
effects of PFSsolution and solid
PFS from pyrite cinders
(Department of Metallurgical Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China)
Abstract: Pyrite cinder is a kind of solid waste of sulfuric acid industry. After mixing pyrite cinders with sulfuric acid, ferric sulfate was obtained by heating, maturing, dissolving and filtrating. Suitable amounts of FeSO4·7H2O and NaClO3 were added into ferric sulfate solution and polyferric sulfate(PFS) solution was produced. Solid PFS was made by concentrating and drying PFS solution. Time-dependent complex colorimetric tests were done while ferron agent reacted with Fe3+ in the solution. The results show that the proportion of transitional low polymeric species and high polymeric species are increased after PFS solution is transferred into solid PFS. It was discovered by jar tests that solid PFS has very good coagulation effects relevant to the increase of transitional lower polymeric species.
Key words: pyrite cinders; PFS solution; solid PFS; species; coagulation