Characterization and treatment of clayey waste using a sulfuric acid roasting-water leaching process for the extraction of lithium

• Autorzy: Obut Abdullah , Aktosun Zeynep , Girgin İsmail , Deveci Hacı , Yörükoğlu Abdulkerim

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DOI

10.37190/ppmp/149635

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In this study, a detailed characterization of the clayey waste of the Kırka boron plant was undertaken before the development of a sulfuric acid roasting-water leaching process for the extraction of lithium from this waste. The effects of roasting temperature (650-800°C) and sulfuric acid/waste ratio (90-260 kg H₂SO₄/1000 kg waste on a dry basis) on the extraction of lithium were investigated. By roasting the waste sample, which contained 0.37% Li₂O with dolomite, smectite and borax as the main phases, at temperatures between 650°C and 800°C in the absence of sulfuric acid as the additive, CaMgSiO₄ was found to form as the dominant phase after the decomposition of dolomite and smectite present in the sample. On the other hand, the X-ray diffraction analyses of the waste sample subjected to sulfuric acid treatment without roasting showed the in-situ formation of various hydrated calcium sulfate phases for all sulfuric acid/waste ratios tested. Besides, at the highest acid/waste ratio of 260, a hydrated magnesium sulfate phase was also identified in the sample. The application of the sulfuric acid roasting-water leaching process under the optimum roasting temperature of 750°C and the acid/waste ratio of 180 was found to lead to a lithium extraction of 85.7%. The applied sulfuric acid roasting-water leaching process appeared to be an attractive process with its attributes including low roasting temperature, high extraction percentage and no requirement for gypsum as the external sulfation agent.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Kırka boron plant; lithium; smectite; sulfuric acid roasting; water leaching

• Wydawca: Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Wrocławskiej
• Czasopismo: Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing
• Rocznik: 2022
• Tom: Vol. 58, iss. 4
• Strony: art. no. 149635
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 70 poz., rys., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Obut Abdullah

• Hacettepe University, Mining Engineering Department, 06800, Beytepe/Ankara, Turkey.

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2979-322X

autor

Aktosun Zeynep

• Turkish Energy, Nuclear and Mineral Research Agency (TENMAK), Boron Research Institute (BOREN), 06520, Çankaya/Ankara, Turkey

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9019-0183

autor

Girgin İsmail

• Turkish Energy, Nuclear and Mineral Research Agency (TENMAK), Boron Research Institute (BOREN), 06520, Çankaya/Ankara, Turkey

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7611-9070

autor

Deveci Hacı

• Karadeniz Technical University, Mining Engineering Department, 61080, Merkez/Trabzon, Turkey

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4105-0912

autor

Yörükoğlu Abdulkerim

• Turkish Energy, Nuclear and Mineral Research Agency (TENMAK), Boron Research Institute (BOREN), 06520, Çankaya/Ankara, Turkey

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3194-3901

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023).