Cathodic reactions of Cu2+ in cupric chloride solution

Add time:08/06/2019    Source:sciencedirect.com

In this study we demonstrate the kinetics of Cu2+ reduction in concentrated cupric chloride solutions. Experiments were carried out near the boiling point of the solution ([NaCl] = 280 g/l and [Cu2+] = 1–40 g/l) at T = 90 °C, atmospheric pressure, pH = 2. Electrochemical methods such as cathodic polarization curves and cyclic voltammetry were used to investigate the cathodic reactions of copper complexes. To identify the nature and the rate-controlling steps of the reactions, rotating disk electrode (RDE) experiments were conducted. The chemical environment studied was similar to that of the Outokumpu HydroCopperTM process, which uses a cupric chloride solution to leach copper from the mineral chalcopyrite.The results suggest that the cathodic reactions are the reduction of [CuCl]+ to the complex [CuCl3]2−, the reduction of [CuCl3]2− to solid copper and hydrogen evolution. The diffusion coefficient and the unit rate constants for the solution species were calculated. The exchange current density and rate constant for electron transfer were also estimated. A simulation was made of the cathodic polarization curve and it was in good agreement with the experimental data.

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