Journal of Northeastern University Natural Science ›› 2018, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (2): 205-210.DOI: 10.12068/j.issn.1005-3026.2018.02.012

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Experimental Study on One-Step Roasting of Bayan Obo Tailings

ZHENG Qiang, WU Wen-yuan, BIAN Xue   

  1. School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China.
  • Received:2016-08-19 Revised:2016-08-19 Online:2018-02-15 Published:2018-02-09
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Abstract: The roasting process of Bayan Obo tailings in C-Ca(OH)2-NaOH was investigated by means of thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis(TG-DTA)and X-ray diffraction(XRD). The influences of the roasting temperature, roasting time, coal content, Ca(OH)2 dosage and NaOH dosage were explored on the decomposition of rare earth minerals and the reduction of hematite. The results showed that the hematite was reduced to magnetite(magnetic susceptibility: 2.37)and the rare earth minerals were decomposed by forming rare earth oxides(the leaching ratio of REO: 98.39%)under the optimal conditions. The optimal conditions were as follows: the roasting temperature of 650℃, the roasting time of 60min, the coal content of 2%, Ca(OH)2 dosage of 4% and NaOH dosage of 2%.

Key words: Bayan Obo tailings, rare earth mineral, hematite, decomposition, roasting

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