Ultrasound is used to assisted leaching silver from sintering dust in the presence of acidic thiourea.
A comparison study between ultrasound-augmented leaching and conventional leaching of silver has been discussed.
The rate of leaching was found to be higher with the ultrasound augmented leaching than the conventional leaching.
Shrinking core model was used to describe the kinetic parameters and the rate controlling step.
Both conventional and ultrasonic-augment leaching processes were controlled by diffusion through the product layer.