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Efficient separation of alumina and silica in reduction-roasted kaolin by alkali leaching

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Abstract Alkali leaching was employed to investigate the separation of alumina and silica in roasted kaolin obtained by roasting kaolin alone in air at 1273 K for 60 min and… Click to show full abstract

Abstract Alkali leaching was employed to investigate the separation of alumina and silica in roasted kaolin obtained by roasting kaolin alone in air at 1273 K for 60 min and in clinker prepared by roasting the mixed raw meal of kaolin, ferric oxide and coal powder with Fe2O3/Al2O3/C molar ratio of 1.2:2.0:1.2 in reducing atmosphere at 1373 K for 60 min. The thermodynamic analyses and alkali leaching results show that the composition of the Al−Si spinel in roasted kaolin is close to that of 3Al2O3·2SiO2 and the spinel is dissolved with increasing leaching time, resulting in difficulty in deeply separating alumina and silica in kaolin by the traditional roasting−leaching process. On the contrary, the efficient separation of alumina and silica in kaolin can be reached by fully converting kaolinite into insoluble hercynite and soluble free silica, namely quartz solid solution and cristobalite solid solution, during reduction roasting, followed by alkali leaching of the obtained clinker. Furthermore, experimental results from treating high-silica diasporic bauxite indicate that the reduction roasting−alkali leaching process is potential to separate silica and alumina in aluminosilicates.

Keywords: silica; roasted kaolin; kaolin; alumina silica; alkali leaching; separation alumina

Journal Title: Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China
Year Published: 2019

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