Desilication from illite by thermochemical activation

Illite occurs widely in bauxite ores and results in low alumina grade of the ores. Differential thermal analysis (DTA), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) and X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) show the OH groups split off from the structural framework of illite between 500 ℃ and 700 ℃. With the increase in temperature up to about 1 100 ℃, the layer structure of illite breaks up and Si in the layers is transformed into the amorphous state. Meanwhile, mullite comes out at 1 100 ℃. Quartz occurring in illite keeps unchanged in structure in the range of 500 -1 200 ℃. A desilication process from illite by thermochemical activation followed by alkali leaching is therefore developed on the basis of the behavior that amorphous silica is alkali soluble. The investigation finds that the optimum parameters for desilication are activation temperature of 1 100 - 1 150 ℃, activation time of 90 - 120 min, leaching temperature of 95 - 110 ℃, leaching time of 90 - 120 min and concentration of caustic soda (Na2Ok) 120 - 150 g/L. An overall desilication about 45% is attained under these conditions. XRD analysis confirms that the active amorphous SiO2 has been dissolved in the alkali solution and removed from the samples, while quartz and mullite have not. The investigation also shows that the formation of mullite during activation and formation of sodium hydroalu minosilicates (Na96 Al96 Si96 O384 and 0.95Na2 O · Al2 O3 · 3.25SiO2 · 4.79 H2 O) during leaching lead to the relatively low desilication of illite.     

脉石成分对铁矿球团还原膨胀性能的影响

研究了脉石成分对铁矿球团还原膨胀性能的影响.以纯铁矿物为原料采用压块-焙烧-还原方法进行的研究表明:纯赤铁矿团块的还原膨胀率明显大于纯磁铁矿团块;CaO、SiO2、MgO、Al2O3可显著降低赤铁矿团块的还原膨胀率;SiO2、MgO可在一定程度上降低磁铁矿团块还原膨胀率,CaO、Al2O3则使磁铁矿团块的还原膨胀率增大.在此基础上研究了赤铁精矿为主配加磁铁精矿制备的氧化球团矿的还原膨胀性能,确定了抑制球团矿还原膨胀的适宜添加物及其用量.对CaO导致球团异常膨胀的机理进行了探讨:在浮氏体还原成金属铁的过程中,固溶于铁氧化物晶格中的Ca2 会促进"铁晶须"的生成与发展,导致球团产生异常膨胀.     

巴西卡拉加斯赤铁矿球团还原膨胀性能研究

从配加磁铁精矿及添加剂、调整碱度以及siO2含量等角度，对卡拉加斯赤铁矿球团的还原膨胀性能进行了研究。结果表明：单一卡拉加斯球团矿的还原膨胀率为15．64％，在磁铁精矿配比低于50％时，配入磁铁精矿不能降低其还原膨胀率；添加蛇纹石可使球团矿还原膨胀率降低，而轻烧白云石或白云石则使球团矿变为异常膨胀；当碱度在0．8以下时，球团矿的还原膨胀率随碱度的增加而升高，但当碱度为1．2时，球团矿还原膨胀率迅速下降至10．54％；随着球团矿中siO2含量的增加，球团矿的还原膨胀率基本上呈降低趋势。