Physicochemical and production properties of ilmenite concentrates are studied in order to determine the possibility of preparing from them the required titanium-containing industrial materials. Data are provided for ilmenite concentrate fraction, mineralogical, and thermographic analyses. Results of studying physicochemical …
As fine-grained mineral particles will deteriorate the flotation process; −20 μm size fraction (accounting for nearly 30% TiO 2 of the raw ore) of the feed for recovering ilmenite is screened out prior to magnetic separation and directly discharged into tailings, resulting in the low titanium utilization rate and a great waste of ilmenite ...
The CTL process contains five major process steps: atmospheric chloride leaching, oxidation, iron solvent extraction/precipitation/calcination, titanium solvent extraction/precipitation/calcination, and recycle of titanium raffinate back into the leaching …
The analysis results show that the highest impact is caused in climate change, at 0.295 kg CO 2 eq, which is due to the large amount of electricity consumption in the ilmenite extraction process. Then, human toxicity-non cancer effects (4.42E-09 CTUh) and particulate matter (0.000155 kg PM 2.5 eq) are also noteworthy.
Table 1 presents basic information about ilmenite properties (rutile properties are also provided for a comparison), and Fig. 2 shows the crystal structure of ilmenite. The theoretical TiO 2 content in ilmenite is 52.7% and the specific gravity of ilmenite is high (ilmenite is considered to be a heavy mineral with the specific gravity of about 5). Fig. 2 …
The results show that under air atmosphere, the oxidation process of ilmenite concentrate is composed of three stages, and the chemical reaction (G(α) = 1—(1—α)², where α is the conversion ...
Oxygen is a consumable material which needs to be produced continuously in most space missions. Its use for propulsion as well as life support makes oxygen one of the largest volume chemicals to be produced in space. Production of oxygen from lunar materials is of particular interest and is very attractive possibility. The kinetics and mechanism of …
a-c Cr content in ilmenite in sections 800, 1200 and 1600 of the Tellnes ilmenite deposit; d-f Spatial distribution of the magnetite content (wt%) in sections 800, 1200 and 1600 of the Tellnes ...
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A review of minerals processing technology used to upgrade titanium minerals, e.g. ilmenite and rutile, is a fundamental step to deepen the insights into their …
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(99)00130-2 Corpus ID: 97942658; Process development for treatment of complex perovskite, ilmenite and rutile ores @article{Bulatovic1999ProcessDF, title={Process development for treatment of complex perovskite, ilmenite and rutile ores}, author={Srdjan M. Bulatovic and D. M. Wyslouzil}, …
Abstract. Reliable experimental data and models are required to better understand and design chemical looping processes with oxygen carrier materials like ilmenite. A …
Ilmenite has an average composition of FeTiOz but the relative amounts of iron (Fe) and titanium (Ti) can vary. "Wt%" means weight percent, the weight of TiO2 in a given weight of the mineral. Two equivalent labels for the x-axis are given, one showing the amount of titanium (Ti) and one showing iron (Fe).
Titanium Ore Processing and Beneficiation. To develop a flowsheet for separation of high grade titanium-rutile from ilmenite, that will meet market requirements. Rutile has a SG of 4.2, hardness 6.0 to 6.5 and is non-magnetic; while ilmenite has a SG of 4.5 to 5.0, hardness of 5.0 to 6.0, and is weakly magnetic.
Research highlights Various titanium metallurgical processes for the production of titanium dioxide and titanium metal have been reviewed and compared including: Processes to upgrade ilmenite to synthetic rutile. Thermo-chemical Kroll and Hunter processes. Electro-chemical processes for direct reduction of TiO 2 and electro …
Preparation of titania from llmenite by selective H2S sulfidization. Experiments on preferential sulfidization of ilmenite in a static bed by hydrogen sulfide gas with a flow rate of about 20 cu cm per min were conducted at 800°, 900°, 1000°, and 1100°C for different….
The content of ilmenite TiO2 is 52.66%, which is the main mineral for extracting titanium and titanium dioxide. Titanium is a metal needed to make a variety of high-performance alloys. Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is an important pigment, whiting, and polishing abrasive. Titanium is a chemical element with the symbol Ti and atomic number 22.
Abstract. The flotation processing characteristics of pervoskite, ilmenite and rutile from igneous and sedimentary ores were examined in the course of developing a commercial treatment process. Flotability of these minerals was found to be strongly influenced by a) flotation pH, b) pulp treatment before flotation, and c) type of collector.
Changsha Institute of Mining and Metallurgy used an external magnetic drum magnetic separator to conduct a pre-separation test study on an ilmenite containing 9.11% TiO2. The recovery of TiO2 in the pre-concentration rough concentrate increased from 74.52% to 87.25%, and at the same time, the TiO2 grade decreased from 18.24 % to …
Transformation of ilmenite to different titanium based materials by strong and weak acid, and base digestion, is discussed. Effects of temperature, concentration of …
A modified process for producing anatase TiO 2 from ilmenite is proposed. • Major impurities were separated using Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA). • The purity of the final product reached 90 wt%. • Particle size of the synthesized-TiO 2 placed in the range of 50 to 100 nm. • The main byproduct of the process had valuable ...
Review of processing conditions for Murray Basin ilmenite concentrates Warren John Bruckard, Mark Ian Pownceby*, Leanne Kathleen Smith and Graham Jeffrey Sparrow Australia is a major world …
3.1 Sample Collection and Preparation. In the research region, 38 sediment samples from coastal sediment were collected over 17 traverses parallel to the coast, with 2 km between traverses (Fig. 12.1).A polyvinyl chloride pipe with a 3-inch diameter and 30-cm length was used at each station to collect sediment samples, penetrating the sediment …
Continuous Pilot-Scale Demonstration of Ilmenite Processing Technology. Hudak, George J; Rao, Shashi; Peterson, Dean M; Chen, Jonathan; Lakshmanan, V.I.; Sridhar, Ram; …
Alkali roasting of the ilmenite process, which is a pre-treatment of the hydrometallurgical process for obtaining high titanium yields, has been studied by several groups 22,23,24,25.
This paper presents life-cycle environmental impacts and health hazards of the ilmenite and rutile processing routes which are very little explored despite a significant quantity of production worldwide. The study is carried out through a life-cycle environmental-impact assessment of the ilmenite and rutile mining production processes in Australia, …
Rutile (TiO2) is a vital industrial material used in pigments and in many other valuable chemicals. A new production process to synthesize rutile from natural ilmenite ore and therefore overcome the environmental problems associated with conventional rutile extraction processes was developed. Because the simple phase separation of ilmenite …
Ilmenite mud generated in the sulfate process for titanium dioxide pigment production is a secondary titanium resource with a high content of silica, iron oxides, and sulfur. However, the ilmenite mud is …
This review describes the current status of ilmenite processing using thermal plasma technology. A comprehensive analysis of available scientific and …
In the industrial production of TiO 2, the sulphate process and chloride process are the two common methods utilized for extracting TiO 2 from ilmenite and rutile, respectively. 2.1. Sulphate Process. …
According to previous studies 8,9, highly reduced TiO 2 slag with below 5 wt% FeO can be obtained by adding Na 2 O as flux in the ilmenite smelting process. Since the ilmenite smelting slag ...
3.2. DFT model setup. The complete hexagonal unit cell of ilmenite is presented in Fig. 2.The calculated lattice parameters for FeTiO 3 are a = b = 5.143 Å and c = 13.98 Å, which is in good agreement with the experiment data, in which a = b = 5.087 Å and c = 14.013 Å [33].. In order to gain insight into the material electronic properties, we …
There is no effective integrated processing of titanium production waste in the world. Available technologies for the production of titanium products are aimed at processing traditional mineral raw materials, the majority of which are ilmenite ores and concentrates. Of all the mined titanium ore, 5% goes to the production of metallic …
Ilmenite (FeTiO 3) (approximately, 40–60% of TiO 2), rutile (TiO 2) (~ 93–96% of TiO 2) and leucoxene (Fe 2 O 3.nTiO 2) (~ over 65% of TiO 2) are the major ores of metal titanium and titanium dioxide (Wouterlood 1979; Ismail et al. 1983; Chen et al. 1997; Angusamy et al. 2005; Palliyaguru et al. 2017; Perks and Mudd 2019, 2020, …
Here, a systematic review of reported technologies for ilmenite mineral processing is conducted in two parts, namely pre-concentration processing and flotation …
Microwave Processing of Ilmenite Concentrate. The ground concentrate was heated for 30, 60, and 90 min, and the maximum temperature of the samples was 600, 750, and 810°C, respectively. ... ilmenite oxidized with the formation of pseudobrookite and hematite and a greater release of rutile in the microwave processing of the finer …
The traditional aeration leaching process for the upgrading of reduced ilmenite is extremely sluggish and needs significant improvements in its efficiency. An improved aeration leaching process which comprises reduction, aeration with a catalyst, wet magnetic separation, and further leaching, was used for the preparation of synthetic …
Recently, the caustic process as a novel method for treating ilmenite has emerged. In this process, ilmenite reacts with potassium hydroxide at 220 °C to produce the decomposed ilmenite (DI) which contains potassium titanate (K 4 Ti 3 O 8) and ferric oxide (Fe 2 O 3) (Liu et al., 2006a; Shojaei et al., 2014).The DI can be leached in acidic …
This research focused on investigating the properties and phase transition of ilmenite ore with various carbon reductants by performing a carbothermal reduction, …
