Leaching kinetics of ulexite in oxalic acid
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2011
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Leaching of ulexite in oxalic acid, which is an organic acid, was studied. The parameters were solid-to-liquid ratio, acid concentration, stirring speed and temperature. The experimental data were applied to the homogeneous and heterogeneous kinetic models to determine the best one. The results showed that the leaching rate increases with increasing reaction temperature, stirring speed, acid concentration, but decreases with solid-to-liquid ratio and particle size. The leaching kinetics of ulexite was determined as the product layer model. The activation energy of the process was calculated.