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Removal of silicon from highly acidic HCl medium to produce purified TiO2 | |
Lefler, Hyrum1; Zhang, Ying1,2; Fang, Z. Zak1; Free, Michael1; Huang, Zhe1 | |
2017-11-01 | |
Source Publication | HYDROMETALLURGY
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ISSN | 0304-386X |
Volume | 173Issue:NOVPages:218-223 |
Abstract | A low content of Si is an important characteristic of most Ti metal alloys, and low Si content in Ti sponge from the Kroll process is consistently achievable by the chlorination and distillation step. However, alternative routes are being explored to reduce Ti-metal production costs. One promising approach is a direct TiO2 reduction route called the HAMR (Hydrogen-Assisted Magnesio-thermic Reduction) process, which requires a low-cost, high purity TiO2 preferably with a coarse particle size distribution (PSD). Although a satisfactory TiO2 can be produced by the chloride process, an alternative route called the ARH (Alkaline-Roasting and Hydrolysis) process has been developed, which produces an excellent feedstock for the HAMR process via hydrolysis in HCl medium. But, the purity of hydrolyzed TiO2 powder produced by the ARH process is affected by the purity of the Ti-bearing acid solution before the hydrolysis step, and Si has been determined to be the most detrimental impurity in the solution, since it will co-precipitate with titanium. Thus, the objective of this work is to clarify the behavior of Si in HCl solution, and to identify a viable approach for the desilication of Ti-bearing acid solution. The effects of acid concentration, temperature, and select ionic species on Si behavior in the acid medium were investigated, and a seeded silica-gel adsorption strategy was tested. The desilication treatment developed in this work has been shown to be capable of achieving Si solution concentrations of < 20 mg/L in acidic solution, corresponding to a Si concentration in the intermediate TiO2 of < 0.024% wt/wt, which is sufficient to meet ASTM standards for Si in the Ti-powder after direct reduction. |
Keyword | Hcl Acid Solution Silicon Solubility Desilication Silica Gel Tio2 Production |
Subtype | Article |
WOS Headings | Science & Technology ; Technology |
DOI | 10.1016/j.hydromet.2017.08.023 |
Indexed By | SCI |
Language | 英语 |
WOS Keyword | TITANIUM SLAG |
WOS Research Area | Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering |
WOS Subject | Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering |
Funding Organization | U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E)(DE-AR0000420) |
WOS ID | WOS:000413056600026 |
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Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.ipe.ac.cn/handle/122111/23295 |
Collection | 研究所(批量导入) |
Affiliation | 1.Univ Utah, Dept Met Engn, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Proc Engn, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Lefler, Hyrum,Zhang, Ying,Fang, Z. Zak,et al. Removal of silicon from highly acidic HCl medium to produce purified TiO2[J]. HYDROMETALLURGY,2017,173(NOV):218-223. |
APA | Lefler, Hyrum,Zhang, Ying,Fang, Z. Zak,Free, Michael,&Huang, Zhe.(2017).Removal of silicon from highly acidic HCl medium to produce purified TiO2.HYDROMETALLURGY,173(NOV),218-223. |
MLA | Lefler, Hyrum,et al."Removal of silicon from highly acidic HCl medium to produce purified TiO2".HYDROMETALLURGY 173.NOV(2017):218-223. |
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