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An investigation on hydrofluoric (HF) acid-free extraction for niobium oxide (Nb2O5) and tantalum oxide (Ta2O5) from columbite/tantalite concentrates using alkali reductive roasting
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- Ghambi, Steven (författare)
- University of Malawi-The Polytechnic, Department of Mining Engineering, P/Bag 303 Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi; School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- Sanchez-Segado, Sergio (författare)
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Cartagena, Cartagena 30202, Spain; School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- Chipakwe, Vitalis (författare)
- Luleå tekniska universitet,Mineralteknik och metallurgi,School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- Jha, Animesh (författare)
- School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- Elsevier, 2021
- 2021
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Minerals Engineering. - : Elsevier. - 0892-6875 .- 1872-9444. ; 173
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Abstract
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- Tantalum, niobium, and their oxides are important precursor materials, essential for high-temperature alloys and electronic devices. The primary hydrometallurgical extraction technique to extract tantalum and niobium from minerals involves hydrofluoric acid (HF) digestion of the concentrates, followed by solvent extraction as an oxide separation and purification step. Solvent extraction, on the other hand, releases organic solvents which are lost irreversibly via natural evaporation during the process. This research demonstrates a novel chemical process for the extraction and refining of columbite and tantalite concentrates (29% Ta2O5 and 16% Nb2O5). In this process, the concentrates are reduced using carbon and alkali in the temperature range of 800–950 °C, which helps in reducing and magnetically separating the iron oxides present in the concentrates as metallic iron. The remaining residue is rich in alkali complex (e.g., sodium tantalates and niobates) formed during the roasting process which was reclaimed as a purified mixture of oxides of Nb2O5 and Ta2O5, by using oxalic acid leaching, followed by sodium bisulphate roasting.
Ämnesord
- TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER -- Materialteknik -- Metallurgi och metalliska material (hsv//swe)
- ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY -- Materials Engineering -- Metallurgy and Metallic Materials (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Tantalum
- Niobium
- Carbothermic reduction
- Roasting
- Tantalite minerals
- Mineral Processing
- Mineralteknik
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