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Pelletization of a Low-Grade Indian Chromite Overburden: Optimizing the Induration Parameters and Understanding the Consolidation Behavior

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High-quality pellets have been developed from a low-grade Indian chromite overburden containing high silica in the present study. The thermodynamic, hot-stage microscopic, and thermogravimetric analyses of the overburden and pellet mixes predict the temperature of formation of low melting slag phases at various basicity. A temperature in the range of 1200 °C to 1300 °C and basicity between 0.10 and 0.15 have been found ideal for the initiation of the slag phases, whereas higher conditions lead to softening of the pellets. The effect of basicity, binder content, induration temperature, and time on the physical and metallurgical properties of the indurated pellets has been investigated. A binder content of 1 wt pct, basicity of 0.15, induration temperature of 1250 °C, and a time of 20 minutes are optimum to provide the desired properties to the pellets. X-ray diffraction and Scanning Electron Microscopy coupled with Energy Dispersion Spectroscopy analysis reveal that under the optimum conditions, hematite recrystallization and slag formation impart the needed strength (133.8 kg/pellet), porosity (27.8 pct), tumbler index (99.2 pct), RI (76.2 pct), and RDI (1.2 pct). Conversely, increasing the basicity and the induration temperature results in the melting of the slag phases and, therefore, impair the consolidation of the pellets.

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The authors thank TATA Steel Limited, Jamshedpur, for funding this research and providing valuable technical support. They also thank the Director, CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, for his consent to publish this work.

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  1. CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, 751013, India

    Deepak Nayak, Deepak Kumar Sahu, Nilima Dash & Shivakumar Angadi

  2. TATA Steel Limited, Jamshedpur, 831001, India

    Nilamadhaba Sahu, Sunil Kumar Tripathy & Gajanan U. Kapure

  3. Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI), University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN, 55722, USA

    Sunil Kumar Tripathy

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Nayak, D., Sahu, N., Sahu, D.K. et al. Pelletization of a Low-Grade Indian Chromite Overburden: Optimizing the Induration Parameters and Understanding the Consolidation Behavior. Metall Mater Trans B 54, 3049–3059 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-023-02888-0

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