Scholars' Mine Professional Degree Theses Student Theses and Dissertations 1916 A wet process for the extraction of mercury Robert Glenn Sickly Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/professional_theses Part of the Metallurgy Commons Department: Recommended Citation Sickly, Robert Glenn, "A wet process for the extraction of mercury" (1916). Professional Degree Theses. 140. https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/professional_theses/140 This Thesis - Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by Scholars' Mine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Professional Degree Theses by an authorized administrator of Scholars' Mine. This work is protected by U. S. Copyright Law. Unauthorized use including reproduction for redistribution requires the permission of the copyright holder. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. "/389 A '.vET PROCESS FOR THE EXTRACTION OF MERCURY. ROBERT GLENN SICKLY. '~~****** A THESIS subl!li tted to the facul t Jr of the SCHOOL OF lnIN}~S AND METALI.. URGY O~' THE U:nlv~RSITY OF I~ISSOURI in partial fulfillment of the work required for the Degree of METALJJURGICAL :S:NGINEER. Cobalt, Ont. Canada. 1916. ********* Approved by Professor 0 r~· w-e-r-~r~~J#/d' £7' 11/6 TABLE OF COIrTE1:ITS. Subject. Pa.ge. Introduction ------------------------~---------- 2. The nature o~ the mercury losses --------------- 2. The chemical loss o~ mercury ------------------- 3. The mercury process ---------------------------- 5. Flow-sheet ------------------------------------- 7. Chemistry of the process ----------------------- 7. hlethod of dissolving the mercury --------------- 8: Various methods of precipitation --------------- 16. Aluminium precipitation ------------------------ 19. Curve on aluminium precipitation ----------- opp. 21. Experimental plant installation ---------------- 23. Curves on operation of experimental plant --GpP.