Abstract
The solubility of silver chloride in various FeCl 3-FeCl 2-HCl solutions has been measured over the temperature range 20–100°C; the densities of the associated saturated solutions have also been determined. The solubility increases systematically with either rising temperature or increasing concentrations of the constituent chlorides. The solubility is higher in a ferrous chloride medium than in an equivalent ferric chloride solution. The presence of CuCl 2 systematically raises the AgCl solubility, but increasing ZnCl 2 concentrations cause the solubility to decrease slightly to about 1.5 M ZnCl 2 and subsequently to increase gradually. The addition of NaCl to the iron chloride media substantially increases the AgCl solubility under all conditions. Although the solubility of AgCI is only a few mg/L in cold water, this increases to over 1 g/L in hot, moderately concentrated chloride media. Silver chloride solubilities at elevated temperatures are sufficiently high that silver solubility limitations should not be a problem in most commercial ferric chloride leaching processes.
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