Oxygen-assisted zinc recovery from electric arc furnace dust using magnesium chloride

作     者：Jingdong Huang Xiao Yang Jingdong Huang;Xiao Yang

作者机构：School of Materials Science and EngineeringZhejiang UniversityHangzhou 310027China School of EngineeringWestlake UniversityHangzhou 310030China 

出 版 物：《International Journal of Minerals,Metallurgy and Materials》 (矿物冶金与材料学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2024年第31卷第10期

页      面：2300-2311页

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学科分类：080603[工学-有色金属冶金] 08[工学] 0806[工学-冶金工程] 

基　　金：Service Center for Physical Sciences at Westlake University UK Research and Innovation, UKRI, (104815) 

主　　题：electric arc furnace dust zinc oxygen magnesium chloride chlorination 

摘      要：Electric arc furnace(EAF)dust is an important secondary resource containing metals,such as zinc(Zn)and iron(Fe).Recover-ing Zn from EAF dust can contribute to resource recycling and reduce environmental ***,the high chemical stability of ZnFe_(2)O_(4)in EAF dust poses challenges to Zn *** address this issue,a facile approach that involves oxygen-assisted chlorination using molten MgCl_(2)is *** work focused on elucidating the role of O2 in the reaction between ZnFe_(2)O_(4)and molten MgCl_(2).The results demonstrate that MgCl_(2)effectively broke down the ZnFe_(2)O_(4)structure,and the high O2 atmosphere considerably promoted the sep-aration of Zn from other components in the form of ZnCl_(2).The presence of O2 facilitated the formation of MgFe_(2)O_(4),which stabilized Fe and prevented its ***,the excessive use of MgCl_(2)resulted in increased evaporation loss,and high temperatures pro-moted the rapid separation of *** on these findings,we successfully extracted ZnCl_(2)-enriched volatiles from practical EAF dust through oxygen-assisted *** optimized conditions,this method achieved exceptional Zn chlorination percentage of over 97%within a short period,while Fe chlorination remained below 1%.The resulting volatiles contained 85wt%of ZnCl_(2),which can be further processed to produce metallic *** findings offer guidance for the selective recovery of valuable metals,particularly from solid wastes such as EAF dust.