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Dissolving FeS2 (iron disulfide, iron pyrite)


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I have some finely-divided iron disulfide, possibly mixed with some other things, that I wish to 'dissolve' away -- or at any rate remove from the mix. What would be a good way of doing this using fairly safe chemicals? (I.e., not concentrated nitric acid, although H2SO4 or HCl are possible.) Among the things that may be left behind are SiO2 and microscopic amounts of gold, neither of which I'm concerned about being affected by the solvents.

 

If I heat FeS2, won't it break down and leave me with elemental Fe and SO2? If so, perhaps then I could act directly on the iron and make it into a soluble compound that could be dissolved and washed away..

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