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Bio-dissolution of waste of lithium battery industries using mixed acidophilic microorganisms isolated from Dalsung mine  

Mishra, Debaraj (Minerals and Materials Processing Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
Kim, Dong-Jin (Minerals and Materials Processing Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
Ahn, Jong-Gwan (Minerals and Materials Processing Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
Ralph, David E. (AJ Parker CRC for Hydrometallurgy, Murdoch University, South Street Murdoch)
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Resources Recycling / v.17, no.2, 2008 , pp. 30-35 More about this Journal
Abstract
Mixed acidophilic bacteria were approached for leaching of cobalt and lithium from wastes of lithium ion battery industries. The growth substrates for the mixed mesophilic bacteria are elemental sulfur and ferrous ion. Bioleaching of the metal was due to the protonic action of sulfate ion on the metals present in the waste. It was investigated that bioleaching of cobalt was faster than lithium. Bacterial action could leach out about 80 % of cobalt and 20 % of lithium from the solid wastes within 12 days of the experimental period. Higher solid/liquid ratio was found to be detrimental for bacterial growth due to the toxic nature of the metals. At high elemental sulfur concentration, the sulfur powder was observed to be in undissolved form and hence the leaching rate also decreased with increase of sulfur amount.
Keywords
Acidophilic microorganism; Lithium battery waste; Bioleaching; Growth; Dalsung Mine;
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