Lu-ming Chen, Yu-lan Zhen, Guo-hua Zhang, De-sheng Chen, Li-na Wang, Hong-xin Zhao, Fan-cheng Meng, and Tao Qi, Carbothermic reduction of vanadium titanomagnetite with the assistance of sodium carbonate, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-020-2160-7
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Lu-ming Chen, Yu-lan Zhen, Guo-hua Zhang, De-sheng Chen, Li-na Wang, Hong-xin Zhao, Fan-cheng Meng, and Tao Qi, Carbothermic reduction of vanadium titanomagnetite with the assistance of sodium carbonate, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-020-2160-7
Lu-ming Chen, Yu-lan Zhen, Guo-hua Zhang, De-sheng Chen, Li-na Wang, Hong-xin Zhao, Fan-cheng Meng, and Tao Qi, Carbothermic reduction of vanadium titanomagnetite with the assistance of sodium carbonate, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-020-2160-7
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Lu-ming Chen, Yu-lan Zhen, Guo-hua Zhang, De-sheng Chen, Li-na Wang, Hong-xin Zhao, Fan-cheng Meng, and Tao Qi, Carbothermic reduction of vanadium titanomagnetite with the assistance of sodium carbonate, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-020-2160-7
In the present study, the carbothermic reduction of vanadium titanomagnetite concentrates (VTC) with the assistance of Na2CO3 was carried out in argon atmosphere between 1073 K and 1473 K. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscope (SEM) were used to investigate the phase transformations during the reaction process. By investigating the reaction between VTC and Na2CO3, it was concluded that molten Na2CO3 could break the structure of titanomagnetite by combining with the acidic oxides (Fe2O3, TiO2, Al2O3, and SiO2) to form the Na-rich melt, and release FeO and MgO. Therefore, Na2CO3 could accelerate the reduction rate. In addition, the addition of Na2CO3 was also beneficial for the agglomeration of iron particles and the slag-metal separation by decreasing the viscosity of slag. Thus, the Na2CO3 assisted carbothermic reduction will be a promising method to treat VTC at low temperatures.