Electrochemical behavior of natural chalcopyrite in electrolyte solution containing 5×10？4 mol/L ethyl xanthate, and the effect of potential on the composition and characteristics of surface film were studied by cyclic voltammetry （CV）, scanning electron microscopy （SEM） and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy （EIS）. The adsorption of xanthate （X？） occurred on the mineral surface at open-circuit potential （OCP）. In the potential range from -0.11 to 0.2 V, the electrochemical reaction related to the formation of the hydrophobic film of dixanthogen （X2） occurred on natural chalcopyrite surface. This surface film had high coverage and large thickness at the potential of 0 V, but it had low coverage and small thickness at the potentials of 0.1 V and 0.2 V. Electrochemical activation started to occur when the potential was higher than 0.2 V, and the film of X2 transformed to plenty of Cu（Ⅱ） and Fe（Ⅲ） oxygen-containing species which had the porous and loose characteristics.
Passivation is a common phenomenon on the surface of chalcopyrite in the process of bioleaching. The ordinary leaching and strengthening leaching by adding glass beads were carried out. The results show that the passivation of chalcopyrite was greatly weakened in strengthening leaching due to the change of leaching conditions. The copper leaching efficiency was increased from 50% to 89.8% through adding beads. The SEM and X-ray diffraction （XRD） analyses illustrate that there are few jarosite precipitates and weak passivation on the surface of chalcopyrite in strengthening leaching. In contrast, there are thick and compact jarosite precipitate and obvious passivation in ordinary leaching, which hinders further dissolution of chalcopyrite.
The concentration and variational trend of As3 +and As 5+,the bacterial resistance for the As 3+and As 5+and converting conditions from As3 +to As 5+were analyzed.The additive was used to prompt the bacterial leaching efficiency by changing valence state of arsenic.The results show that the concentration of As 3+ is larger than that of As 5+ in the lag phase.The concentration of As 3+ decreases in the log phase,and is lower than that of As5 +.HQ-0211 typed bacteria express better resistance for As 3+and As 5+and remain growing when the concentrations of As3 +and As 5+are above 6.0 g/L and 12.0 g/L,respectively.It is found that Fe 3+cannot oxidize As3 +singly as strong oxidant in the leaching system,but can cooperate with pyrite or chalcopyrite to do that.The oxidation of As 3+ is prompted with addition of H2O2.The bacterial activity is improved in favor of bacterial leaching efficiency.NaClO restrains the bacterial growth to depress leaching efficiency because of the chloric compounds affecting bacterial activity.
