%0 Journal Article
%T Hydrometallurgical Process of Dephosphorization of Agbaja Iron Ore
%A T.O. Chime
%A O.D. Onukwuli
%A A.J. Ujam
%J Journal of Asian Scientific Research
%D 2012
%I 
%X A study on the dephosphorization of Agbaja Iron Ore using hydrometallurgical process has been carried out. The central composite design of 23 response was formulated and used to develop a model equation. The optimized result of the equation using Matlab shows that 97.97% degree of dephosphorization was obtained at 117 minutes leaching time, 0.2M leachant concentration and particle size of 30 microns. Iron loss during the hydrometallurgical leaching was less than 5%. It can be inferred that chemical leaching using HCl is attainable under the prevailing conditions of the experiment.
%K Hydrometallurgy
%K Dephosphorization
%K Iron loss
%K Surface response
%U http://www.aessweb.com/abstract.php?m=December2012&id=5003&aid=1682