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Activities of As, Sb, Bi, and Pb in copper mattes

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The transportation method was used to determine the activity coefficients of the minor impurity components As, Sb, Bi, and Pb in homogeneous copper mattes (Cu-Fe-S) as functions of the Cu/Fe mole fraction ratio and of the sulfur content of the matte at 1200 °C. All matte samples contained about 0.2 wt pct As, Sb, Bi, and Pb. The activity coefficients were calculated on the basis of primary experimental data and available thermodynamic values of the gas components, which exist over the mattes. The sulfur-to-metal ratio, which controls the activities of the main matte constituents, was found to be the most important factor influencing the activities. When the sulfur-to-metal ratio of the matte changed from sulfur deficit to sulfur excess, the activity coefficient of As varied from 0.52 to 38, Sb from 3.3 to 82, Bi from 75 to 3.4, and Pb from 25 to 0.079 in the matte. The activities of AsS1.5, AsS, SbS1.5, BiS1.5, and PbS had negative deviations from the ideal behavior.

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  1. Metallurgical Research Centre,Outokumpu Oy and Institution of Process Metallurgy, Helsinki University of Technology, SF-02150 ESPOO 15, Finland

    A. Roine (Research Metallurgist)

  2. Laboratory of Theoretical Process Metallurgy, Institution of Process Metallurgy, Helsinki University of Technology, SF-02150 ESPOO 15, Finland

    H. Jalkanen (Associate Professor)

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Roine, A., Jalkanen, H. Activities of As, Sb, Bi, and Pb in copper mattes. Metall Trans B 16, 129–141 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02657498

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