2008/01/15 by Andreas Brumby, P. Braumann, Francis van den Broeck +14 · 3 citations
Engineering · Environmental Science · #Extraction and Separation Processes #Metal Extraction and Bioleaching #Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
paper · doi:10.1002/14356007.a24_107.pub2
openalex publication_date 2008/01/15 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23
Abstract The article contains sections titled: 1. History 1.1. Centers of Silver Production 1.2. Extent of Production 1.3. Development of Production Processes 1.4. Monetary Significance and Price Structure 2. Properties 2.1. Atomic Properties 2.2. Physical Properties 2.3. Chemical Properties 3. Occurrence and Raw Materials 3.1. Formation, Abundance, and Distribution of Ores 3.2. Silver Minerals 3.3. Deposits 3.4. Secondary Silver 3.5. Resources and Reserves 4. Extraction from Ores 4.1. Extraction from Silver Ores 4.1.1. Smelting 4.1.2. Amalgamation 4.1.3. Cyanidation 4.1.4. Thiosulfate Leaching (Patera Process) 4.1.5. Metallurgical Processes 4.2. Extraction from Lead and Lead ‐ Zinc Ores 4.2.1. Production of Lead Bullion 4.2.2. Cupellation without Prior Silver Enrichment 4.2.3. Silver Enrichment by the Pattinson Process 4.2.4. Silver Enrichment by the Parkes Process 4.2.5. Cupellation of Enriched Lead 4.2.6. Silver Extraction from Electrolytic Lead Refining 4.3. Extraction from Copper and Copper ‐ Nickel Ores 4.3.1. Formation of Silver‐Containing Copper Anode Slimes 4.3.2. Pretreatment of Copper Anode Slimes 4.3.3. Processing of Copper Anode Slimes 4.3.4. Silver Extraction from Copper Matte 4.4. Extraction from Gold Ores 4.5. Extraction from Tin Ores 5. Recovery from Secondary Silver 5.1. Via Copper Smelters 5.2. Via Lead Smelters 5.3. Via the Lead ‐ Silver Smelting Process 5.4. Via Scrap Metal Leaching 5.5. Via Scrap Metal Electrolysis 5.6. Processing of Flue Dust 5.7. Processing of Copper Matte 5.8. Processing of Photographic Materials 5.9. Surface Desilvering 5.10. Processing of Special Scrap 6. Silver Refining 6.1. Fine Smelting 6.2. Refining with Nitric Acid (Inquartation) 6.3. Refining with Sulfuric Acid (Affination) 6.4. Möbius Electrolysis 6.5. Balbach ‐ Thum Electrolysis 7. Silver Compounds 7.1. Silver Nitrate 7.2. Silver Halides 7.3.</jats:styled-co