Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0210107

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0210107

Funding Status
Closed

Does something not look right? The information on this page has been harvested from data sources that may not be up to date. We continue to work with information providers to improve coverage and quality. To report an issue, use the .

Funded Activity Summary

Development and Use of Ionic Liquids in Metal Recovery from Ores, Concentrates and Mattes. Ionic liquids, which are liquid over a wide temperature range and can dissolve a wide range of solutes to high concentrations, promise new and yet unexplored approaches in processing ores. We aim to prepare ionic liquids and apply these to increase the intensity of copper and gold sulfide processing, and to explore more efficient separation of platinum group metals from mattes. New oxidative leaching techniques will be developed to diminish ore passivation and enhance recovery; high current electrowinning of copper in ionic liquids will be probed. Evolving technology should yield economic and environmental benefits for a nationally important industry.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2002

End Date: 31-12-2006

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $205,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Industrial Chemistry | Process Metallurgy | Other Chemical Sciences | Electrochemistry

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Organic industrial chemicals not classified elsewhere | Other non-ferrous metals (e.g. copper,zinc) | Other |

Other Keywords

Electrochemistry | Industrial Chemistry | Organic industrial chemicals not classified elsewhere | Other | Other Chemical Sciences | Other non-ferrous metals (e.g. copper,zinc) | Process Metallurgy

Related Links