Microbial Extraction of Antimony from Stibnite of Qillah Abdullah
Keywords:
Bioleaching, Antimony, Thiobacillus ferrooxidans, Harnai, Qillah Abdullah.Abstract
The study involve bioleaching of antimony ore collected from Qillah Abdullah Balochistan (Pakistan) by using Thiobacillus ferrooxidans isolated from coal mine drainage of district Harnai. Analysis of ore revealed that it has 19.54% antimony along with 42.24% SiO2 as gangue material. Trails for bioleaching were conducted in shake flasks having 10% (w/v) ore and growth medium. Isolated microorganisms were found more efficient for liquification of antimony contents at grain size -150#. Liquefied antimony was recovered as antimony sulphide by precipitation with H2S. Parameters affecting the process of bioleaching such as aeration, time period, temperature, grain size of ore and pH were also optimized. Overall recovery of product was estimated as 73% in 120 days.
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[5] T. Romilio Espejo and Pedro Romero. “Growth of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans on Elemental Sulfur” Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 53, No.8 pp. 1907-1912, Aug. 1987
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Hafeez, I., Azam, M., Amin, A., Mahmood, Z., Aamir, M., & Akram, A. (2017). Microbial Extraction of Antimony from Stibnite of Qillah Abdullah. American Scientific Research Journal for Engineering, Technology, and Sciences, 28(1), 117–127. Retrieved from https://asrjetsjournal.org/index.php/American_Scientific_Journal/article/view/2552
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