Table 1 Chemical compositions of germanium and indium by-products from heavy metal metallurgy.
Type | Source / ref. | In | Ge | Sn | Pb | Cu | Zn | Sb | As | Bi | Ag | Tl | Fe | Al | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% mass. | |||||||||||||||
indium-germanium concentrates | 3,17 − 4,05 | 0,25 − 0,30 | – | 7,04–8,10 | – | 20,03–22,34 | – | – | – | 175–202 [ppm] | – | – | – | ||
indium drosses | HC Miasteczko Śląskie, Poland / PbSnIn | 0.23–0.50 | 0.012 | 2.62–3.91 | 93.3-93.73 | 0.0029 | 1.45–6.23 | 0.076–0.17 | 0.0024-0.02 | 0.03–0.20 | – | 0.031 | – | – | |
retort drosses | HC Miasteczko Śląskie, Poland / PbSnCuGeIn | 1.74 | 6.90 | 35.9 | 19.0 | 21.4 | 8.63 | 1.06 | 1.55 | 0.061 | 1.55 | – | – | – | |
MHK Zletovo-Veles, Macedonia/ Pb-Zn wastes | 2 | – | 11 | 72 | 2.5 | 10 | 1.5 | 1 | – | – | – | 0.15 | – | ||
germanium-iron solid residues | vacuum distillation of solid residues from zinc rectification | - | 3.3–10.6 | 36.5–37.2 | 14.7–18.5 | 10.2–22.5 | 17.4–1.92 | - | – | – | – | – | – | 3.58–3.6 | |
liquation drosses | HM Legnica | 50 [ppm] | – | – | 65 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
HC Miasteczko Śląskie | 50–600 [ppm] | – | – | 25–60 | 15–35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
MHK Zletovo-Veles | 300–1200 [ppm] | – | – | 60–65 | 20–30 | 1,0–2,5 | 1,5 − 2,5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
sulphide drosses | HC Miasteczko Śląskie | 50 [ppm] | – | – | 50–80 | 5–15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
zinc drosses | 3,23 | – | 12,63 | 62,2 | – | 1,02 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
blast furnace slime | ZHiS Maanshan | 0,0169 | – | – | 1,00 | – | 2,17 | – | – | – | – | – | 36,57 | 5,54 | |
