Abstract
During radiation-thermal transformation of Timan ferrous bauxites we discovered a previously unknown phenomenon of microphaseheterogenization, which can contribute to the extraction of many valuable impurities during processing of relatively poor quality bauxite raw.
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Keywords
- Bauxite
- Radiation-thermal transformation
- Microphase heterogenization
- Profitability of bauxite raw processing
1 Introduction
The problem of processing of aluminum ores is related to the fact that bauxite-forming minerals are characterized by similar values of density, dispersion and fine mutual intergrowths of individuals, non-recoverability of many valuable microelements. Therefore, the development and improvement of methods for the enrichment and processing of bauxite remains highly relevant (Borra et al. 2015; Borra et al. 2016; Davros et al. 2016). In terms of their iron index, the studied Timan bauxites are subdivided into three mineral types: hematite-boehmite, hematite-berthierine-boehmite, and berthierine-boehmite (Vakhrushev 2011, 2012; Vakhrushev et al. 2012). The results of our studies showed that in these bauxites in the state of endocrypt scattering there are a lot of valuable elements-impurities, which extraction by modern technologies is either time consuming or not yet possible. Our experiments on heating of bauxites in combination with their irradiation with high-energy electrons lead to a change in the phase composition of bauxites and, as a result, to the improvement of their technological properties (Rostovtsev 2010; Kotova et al. 2016).
2 Methods and Approaches
We carried out experiments with thermal (heating to 500 and 600 °C with quadruple exposure by 60 min) and radiation-thermal (heating to 500–600 °C with double exposure by 20 min with irradiation by an electron beam with energy of 2.4 MeV using ILU-6 industrial unit at the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences) modification of Timan iron bauxites.
3 Results and Discussion
Heating up to 500–600 °C with exposure to 60 min without irradiation led to almost complete dehydration of Al and Fe oxyhydroxides with the formation of γAl2O3 (spinelide with a defective structure) and hematite with relatively small alteration of structure and magnetic properties of the rocks. The gross chemical composition of the annealed samples remained almost unaltered, and the content of trace elements increased markedly in% to the original: Cu by 70–250; Zn by 20–25; Cd by 20–380; Zr by 2–20; Nb by 15–20; Sc by 25–40; Y by 35–70; Ce by 25–60; Nd by 1–10. Obviously, the latter is conditioned bya significant thermal dehydration of the studied bauxites.
The radiation-thermal treatment of ferrous bauxites led not only to dehydration of the original minerals, but also to chemical disproportionation of the original substance, its radical magnetic restructuring resulted from the presence of strong magnetic phases (maghemite, magnetite) and the formation of valuable trace elements of many new minerals with individuals varying in shape from isometric to needle-like and in size from submicronic to 0.5 mm due to endocrypt scattered impurity. The newly formed phases include native metals (Au, Pb, Al, Cu, Zn); sulfides (pyrite, galena); oxides of Sn, Ta, Nb, Zr, lanthanides; silicates (zircon, kaolin); rare sulphates, etc. Thus, the heating, combined with irradiation with high-energy electrons, resulted not only in transformation of primary minerals in the ferrous bauxites, but also in microphase heterogenization with the formation of new minerals (Fig. 1). It can be assumed that this kind of transformation can contribute to extraction of many valuable impurities and increase the profitability of processing of relatively low-quality bauxite raw.
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This research was supported by UB RAS project 15-18-5-44 and project AAAA-A19-119031390057-5 “The main directions of integrated assessment and effective use of geo-resources in the Timan-North Ural-Barents Sea region”.
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Razmyslov, I., Kotova, O., Silaev, V., Gomze, L.A. (2019). Phenomenon of Microphase Heterogenization by Means of Endocrypt-Scattered Impurity of Rare and Noble Metals as a Result of Radiation by Accelerated Electrons of Bauxites. In: Glagolev, S. (eds) 14th International Congress for Applied Mineralogy (ICAM2019). ICAM 2019. Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22974-0_31
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