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Enrichment and crystallization of vanadium in factory steel slag

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The distribution behavior of vanadium in factory steel slags with high basicity (CaO/SiO2) and enrichment of vanadium in slag modified by SiO2 and Al2O3 were investigated. The mineralogical phases and vanadium distribution were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy disperse x-ray spectrometry (EDS), and powder x-ray diffraction (XRD). The results indicate that vanadium is distributed in the major phase of calcium silicate and the phase of the matrix in steel slag with high basicity. The V2O5 contents in the dicalcium silicate phase increase with declining basicity of steel slag, whereas, in the slag modified by SiO2 and Al2O3, V is concentrated in the solid solution of Ca3[(V, P, Si)O4]2 (the V-enrichment phase), which is identified with the results based on synthetic steel slag containing vanadium. The relation between chemical composition and crystallization behavior and grain size of Ca3[(V, P, Si)O4]2 is also discussed. It is found that high MgO in the slag will form magnesium aluminate, and the V-enrichment phase grains grow larger than that obtained in synthetic slag.

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We thank New Zealand Steel Limited, Auckland, New Zealand, for providing samples of vanadium-bearing steel slag. The authors would also like to acknowledge the financial support of the Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation (Project No. 090414150) and the Natural Science Foundation of Education Department of Anhui, China (KJ2009A69, KJ2008A038). The experimental support from the International Cooperation Project from Anhui Science & Technology Department of China (No. 09080703019) is also acknowledged.

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    Xingrong Wu, Liaosha Li & Yuanchi Dong

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Published in Metallurg, No. 6, June, 2011.

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Wu, X., Li, L. & Dong, Y. Enrichment and crystallization of vanadium in factory steel slag. Metallurgist 55, 401 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11015-011-9444-0

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