Recovery of boron from high-boron iron concentrate using reduction roasting and magnetic separation

作     者：Jian-wen Yu Yue-xin Han Peng Gao Yan-jun Li 

作者机构：College of Resources and Civil Engineering Northeastern University Shenyang 110819 Liaoning China 

出 版 物：《Journal of Iron and Steel Research International》 (J. Iron Steel Res. Int.)

年 卷 期：2017年第24卷第2期

页      面：131-137页

核心收录：

学科分类：080602[工学-钢铁冶金] 081702[工学-化学工艺] 08[工学] 0806[工学-冶金工程] 0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 

基　　金：the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51134002) the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (N140108001 and N150106003) 

主　　题：High boron ironconcentrateCarbothermic reduction Magnetic separation Metallic iron Boron rich non magnetic product 

摘      要：The comprehensive utilization of abundant high-boron iron concentrate is of particular significance to Chi- na, and the high-boron iron concentrate has not yet been utilized as a source for boron at an industrial scale due to its complex mineralogy and fine mineral dissemination. An innovative method was proposed for recovery of boron and iron from high-boron iron concentrate by reduction roasting and magnetic sepa- ration. The effects of reduction temperature and roasting time were investigated and their optimum condi- tions were determined. The mineralogical changes during roasting were characterized by X-ray diffraction （XRD） and scanning electron microscopy （SEM）. The results showed that the pyrrhotite （FeS） contained in the high-boron iron concentrate and the new-formed FeS-Fe solid solution softened or melted at high temperatures owing to their low melting points, and then decreased the metallic iron ratio and accelerated the growth of metallic iron particles. Meanwhile, the magnetite and szaibelyite were converted into metal- lic iron and suanite, respectively. Consequently, boron was readily enriched into the non-magnetic product and the metallic iron was aggregated to the magnetic concentrate by magnetic separation. Boron recovery of 88.6% with corresponding B2O3 content of 14.5% and iron recovery of 95.1% with an iron grade of 92.7% were achieved when high-boron iron concentrate was reduced at 1 125℃ for 150 min. Besides, the boron reactivity of the boron-rich non-magnetic product was up to 80.8%.