Abstract
In this work, a hydrometallurgical process for the recycling of diamond core drilling crowns by means of aqua regia leaching and subsequent alkali leaching was investigated. This investigation continues a previous study in which nitric acid was used for the acid leaching phase. In the current study, higher tungsten recovery was achieved, reaching 98.2%, which is an improvement of about 1.5%. Another advancement of this study was the high Co recovery (97.21%) and the high purity of the tungsten trioxide obtained, comparable to the previously proposed technological process. Furthermore, a novel laboratory method for testing recycled diamond drilling crowns based on infrared thermography was introduced. Although this innovative approach is not the most accurate, it is fast and cost-effective and provides valuable results before the actual field test is conducted as a final evaluation. In addition, the infrared thermography method offers the advantage of non-destructive testing, ensuring that the diamond drilling crowns can be assessed without compromising their structural integrity. Other instrumental methods used to characterize the products and intermediates were X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), and laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry (LDI-MS). The analytical method for the concentrations in all working solutions was ICP-AES.
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