To concentrate vanadium dissolved in steelmaking slag and to separate the obtained vanadium (V)-concentrating phase by a magnetic method, the mineral phases in a CaO-SiO2-MgO-FeOt-Al2O3-V2O3-P2O5 system at 1573 K (1300… Click to show full abstract
To concentrate vanadium dissolved in steelmaking slag and to separate the obtained vanadium (V)-concentrating phase by a magnetic method, the mineral phases in a CaO-SiO2-MgO-FeOt-Al2O3-V2O3-P2O5 system at 1573 K (1300 °C) were characterized by scanning-electron microscopy-energy-dispersive spectroscopy and X-ray diffractometry. When the samples were equilibrated in a pure iron crucible and argon atmosphere, four phases were identified, namely, orthosilicate, V-bearing spinel, wüstite, and a glass phase. The orthosilicate, V-bearing spinel, and glass phase occurred in all samples, whereas wüstite appeared only in samples with a higher basicity or high FeOt content. The results indicate that the V-bearing spinel phase, which is analogous to Fe3O4, is a thermodynamically stable phase that is suitable for the enrichment of vanadium dissolved in slags. Further analysis reveals that the increases in contents of FeOt and MgO in slag favor spinel-phase formation. When the slags are saturated by the wüstite phase, almost all dissolved vanadium can be concentrated in the spinel phase.
               
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