Abstract
Waste copper slag contains large amounts of iron. Carbothermic reduction of the copper slag to recover iron inevitably results in the co-production of copper, which causes brittleness and poses a significant cost to remove. In this work, the method of medium-temperature (MT) chlorination by sodium chloride and high-temperature (HT) reduction by carbon is used to remove copper selectively before the recovery of iron. The composition of raw materials and the products were analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), and chemical analysis. It was found that excessive carbon and high temperature were unfavorable to the removal of copper from the copper slag. Cu2S and Cu can be chlorinated by sodium chloride and evaporates in the form of CuCl gas. Meanwhile, chlorination mechanism of copper slag was discussed.
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