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IN244651: A process for biological abatement of iron from hydrometallurgical leach liquor

The process of the invention relates to the preferential iron precipitation from leach liquor by adjustment of pH, in the presence of microorganism. In this process for biological abatement of iron from hydrometallurgical leach liquor, the essential steps of the process are simultaneous iron oxidation and iron precipitation in the presence of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans at a higher pH in the range of 2.5 to 2.9. The oxidation of ferrous sulfate to ferric sulfate followed by simultaneous precipitation of the later to crystalline jarosite compounds in the presence of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans is effected at a higher pH in the range of 2.5 to 2.9. The process is carried out at an ambient temperature and iron precipitated as crystalline jarosite compounds. The precipitate is separated by known methods from the leach liquor. Thus iron free leach liquor is obtained which can be treated by known methods for the recovery of other useful metal ions.

Filing Date: 30-07-2004

Issue Date: 14-12-2010

Applicant: Gautam Roy Chaudhary, Trupti Das

Patent No: IN244651

Application No: 1427DEL2004

IPC Classification: C01G49/02

Country: India

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