In this paper, the kinetics of pressure leaching for purification of metallurgical grade silicon with hydrochloric acid was investigated. The effects of particle size, temperature, total pressure, and concentration of hydrochloric acid on the kinetics and mechanism of iron removal were studied. It was found that the reaction kinetic model followed the shrinking core model, and the apparent activation energy of the leaching reaction was 46.908 kJ/mol. And the apparent reaction order of iron removal with pressure leaching was 0.899. The kinetic equation was ob-tained and the mathematical model of iron removal from metallurgical grade silicon (MG-Si) was given as follows: 1-2/3x-(1-x)2/3=exp(5.1654-4811.4591/T+1.287lnp+1.046ln[C])·t/r02· The values calculated from the equation were consistent with the experimental results.
