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Effect of sodium sulfate on direct reduction of beach titanomagnetite for separation of iron and titanium

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The effect of sodium sulfate on direct reduction of beach titanomagnetite, followed by magnetic separation, to separate iron and titanium was investigated. Direct reduced iron (DRI) with a high Fe content, low TiO2 content and low iron recovery was obtained after adding sodium sulfate. When the sodium sulfate dosage was increased from 0 to 10 mass%, the Fe content of the DRI increased from 90.00 mass% to 93.55 mass% and the TiO2 content decreased from 1.27 mass% to 0.70 mass%. The reduction mechanism of sodium sulfate was investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS). Results revealed that the metallic iron grains in the reduced ore with sodium sulfate were larger than those in the ore without sodium sulfate. Sodium sulfate promoted the migration of iron as well as the accumulation and growth of metallic iron grains by low-melting-point carnegieite and troilite formed in the redox system. Low-melting-point carnegieite decreased the melting point of the system and then promoted liquefaction. Troilite could decrease the surface tension and melting point of metallic iron grains.

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    En-xia Gao (Doctor Candidate), Ti-chang Sun (Doctor, Professor), Zhi-guo Liu, Chao Geng & Cheng-yan Xu

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Gao, Ex., Sun, Tc., Liu, Zg. et al. Effect of sodium sulfate on direct reduction of beach titanomagnetite for separation of iron and titanium. J. Iron Steel Res. Int. 23, 428–433 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1016/S1006-706X(16)30068-1

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