Method of study gallium and arsenic losses in technology of gallium arsenate obtained from wastes [Articol]

Abstract

Having the goal to recover gallium (Ga) and arsenic (As) from technological wastes derived from the process of growing epitaxial gallium arsenide structures, it is proposed to extract gallium arsenate (GaAsO4) by precipitation and filtration of the sediment. In this paper it is proposed to measure the concentrations of Ga and As by means of the atomic absorption spectrometer AAnalyst 800 directly in the filtrate solution. We compare the results obtained by two methods of elemental Ga and As atomization: flame and thermal atomization. The values of Ga and As concentrations in filtrate are function of pH for solutions containing 1- 680 mg/1 of Ga and 55-880 mg/1 of As. The developed method can be used to study and further optimize the technological process.