2. Leaching

The two main factors governing reactions in hydrometallurgy are thermodynamic and kinetic factors, which ultimately determine the applicability of the process.

2.1 Solution operations

Dissolving operations are carried out in an aqueous medium. There are four dissolution modes.

Dissolving a salt in water :

${CuSO}_{4} + n H_{2} O \to {({CuSO}_{4} \cdot n H_{2} O)}_{dissous}$

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