Textbook of hydrometallurgy
By: Fathi Habashi.
Contributors: Habashi, Fathi
Publisher: Métallurgie extractive Québec; Distributed by Librairie de l'Université Laval "Zone"
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Sainte-Foy, Québec
Language: eng
Number of pages: 689
Subjects: Hydrometallurgy.
Notes: Present vol. is an expanded and completely revised version of v. 2 of: Principles of extractive metallurgy, by the author published in 1969.

Includes bibliographic references (p. 655-660) and index.
Table of contents: class: section
title: pt. 1. Introduction. This part covers the history and scope of hydrometallurgy, and a chapter devoted to solution chemistry. In this chapter, the structure of minerals and water, elementary concepts of acids and bases, oxidation and reduction, complex formation and precipitation is introduced; class: section
title: pt. 2. Leaching - General. This part is devoted to the general aspects of leaching of ores and concentrates, the reagents used, methods and equipment, the engineering aspects, and the role of microorganisms.; class: section
title: pt. 3. Leaching processes. In this part, a systematic description of the different leaching processes is given. It follows the nature of the material to be leached whether metals, oxides, sulfides, etc.; class: section
title: pt. 4. Treatment of leach solution (purification, concentration). In this part, the methods used to purify and/or concentrate the leach solutions are given. This includes adsorption on activated charcoal, ion exchange, and solvent extraction.; class: section
title: pt. 5. Treatment of leach solution (precipitation). In this part, the methods of recovery of metal values from leach solution are outlined. These are divided into physical and chemical methods. Physical methods are based on crystallization while chemical methods are based on hydrolysis, ionic precipitation,l and reduction. Electrolytic methods, i.e., those based on the use of electric current, are only briefly outlined since these are usually discussed in electrometallurgy books.