Pourya Abbasi; Keyvan Shayesteh; Vahid Vahidfard; Mehdi Hosseini
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Nickel is one of the metallic impurities that should be removed from the electrolyte solution before the electrowinning of zinc. This study investigated the parameters affecting the process of nickel removal in an Iranian zinc smelter plant by the response surface methodology. According to the results ...
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Nickel is one of the metallic impurities that should be removed from the electrolyte solution before the electrowinning of zinc. This study investigated the parameters affecting the process of nickel removal in an Iranian zinc smelter plant by the response surface methodology. According to the results of experiments, the optimum condition for removal of nickel was obtained at temperature of 85 °C, the residence time of 60 minutes, zinc powder of 2.5 g/l, mixing speed of 500 rpm, and pH of 5. With regards to the resulting model from the Design-Expert software, the significant parameters were concentration, residence time, and temperature, respectively.
Mohammad Mazloum-Ardakani; Azimeh Mandegari; Alireza Khoshroo Khoshroo; Saeed Masoum; Hadi Kargar
Volume 3, Issue 2 , September 2016, , Pages 96-104
Abstract
In this work, response surface methodology in conjunction with central composite design for modeling and optimization of the influence of some process variables (polyvinyl chloride (F1), ionophore (F2), additive (F3) and plasticizer (F4) amounts), on the performance of polyvinyl chloride membrane lead ...
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In this work, response surface methodology in conjunction with central composite design for modeling and optimization of the influence of some process variables (polyvinyl chloride (F1), ionophore (F2), additive (F3) and plasticizer (F4) amounts), on the performance of polyvinyl chloride membrane lead (ІІ) ion-selective electrode is discussed. The slope of 29.1 ± 0.1 mV at the optimal amounts of polyvinyl chloride (0.0283 g), ionophore (0.0074 g), additive (0.002 g) and plasticizer (0.060 g) has been achieved. The electrode exhibited a linear potential response to lead (II) in the concentration range of 1.0 × 10-5 mol L-1 to 1.0 × 10-1 mol L-1 over pH range of 3.0 - 5.5. Greatly, the alternating current impedance technique was applied to investigate the response mechanism of the electrode. The results were obtained from electrochemical impedance spectroscopy shows a linear concentrations range of 1.0 × 10-6 mol L-1 to 1.0×10-1 mol L-1 and in comparison with potentiometry, the pH range increased to 2.5 − 6.0.
