Study of the Structure of FeOx-CaO-SiO2-MgO and FeOx-CaO-SiO2-MgO-Cu2O-PdO Slags Relevant to Urban Ores Processing through Cu Smelting

Ferrous-calcium-silicate (commonly known as FCS) slags are used in the valuable metal recycling from urban ores through both primary and secondary copper smelting processes. In the present study, the structure of selected FCS-MgO (FCSM) and FCS-MgO-Cu2O-PdO (FCSM-Cu2O-PdO) slags, relevant to the processes, were investigated using Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometry. Deconvolution of the FTIR spectra was carried out to calculate the …