Study on the Utilization of Pyrrhotite Principally Composed of Iron and Sulfur. II : On Making Sulfuric Acid from the Roasting Gases of Pyrrhotite

Abstract

Considering the results obtained in the preceding paper, the pyrrhotite, mesh of which is 28\u27\u27~32\u27\u27, was roasted at 700℃ using a baby rotary furnace, and from the roasting gases sulfuric acid was made by the contact process. Finally, the following results may be stated : - 1. As for our contact process for making sulfuric acid, the most favourable conditions are as follows : - (1) The sulfur dioxide concentration is 7~7.5%. (2) The temperature of catalyser is about 440℃. 2. The pyrrhotite cinders, which are obtained in roasting 75~120g. of ores (28\u27\u27~32\u27\u27) for 30~48 hours at 700℃ in a baby rotary furnace, contain residual sulfurs, which amount to 0.2~0.4%, and are sufficiently available for iron making

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