Guo-xing Ren, Song-wen Xiao, Cai-bin Liao, and Zhi-hong Liu, The activity coefficient of nickel oxide in SiO2 saturated MnO-SiO2 slag and Al2O3 saturated MnO-SiO2-Al2O3 slag at 1623K, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-020-2205-y
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Guo-xing Ren, Song-wen Xiao, Cai-bin Liao, and Zhi-hong Liu, The activity coefficient of nickel oxide in SiO2 saturated MnO-SiO2 slag and Al2O3 saturated MnO-SiO2-Al2O3 slag at 1623K, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-020-2205-y
Guo-xing Ren, Song-wen Xiao, Cai-bin Liao, and Zhi-hong Liu, The activity coefficient of nickel oxide in SiO2 saturated MnO-SiO2 slag and Al2O3 saturated MnO-SiO2-Al2O3 slag at 1623K, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-020-2205-y
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Guo-xing Ren, Song-wen Xiao, Cai-bin Liao, and Zhi-hong Liu, The activity coefficient of nickel oxide in SiO2 saturated MnO-SiO2 slag and Al2O3 saturated MnO-SiO2-Al2O3 slag at 1623K, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-020-2205-y
As a part of the fundamental study related to the reduction smelting of both spent lithium-ion batteries and polymetallic sea nodules based on MnO-SiO2-based slags, the activity coefficient of nickel oxide in SiO2 saturated MnO-SiO2 slag and Al2O3 saturated MnO-SiO2-Al2O3 slag at 1623 K was investigated with controlled oxygen partial pressure of 10-7, 10-6, and 10-5 Pa. The results show that the solubility of nickel oxide in the slags increased with increasing the oxygen partial pressure. The nickel in both MnO-SiO2 slag and MnO-SiO2-Al2O3 slag existed as NiO under experimental conditions. The addition of Al2O3 in the MnO-SiO2 slag decreased the dissolution of Ni in the slag, and increased the activity coefficient of NiO. Furthermore, the activity coefficient of NiO, referred to solid NiO, can be calculated as: γNiO=8.58(wt% NiO in slag) + 3.18 (SiO2 saturated MnO-SiO2 slag, 1623K);γNiO=11.06(wt% NiO in slag) + 4.07 (Al2O3 saturated MnO-SiO2-Al2O3 slag, 1623K).