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Mechanism of vanadic titanomagnetite solid-state reduction

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The influence mechanism of vanadic titanomagnetite solid-state reduction was studied in this paper. Optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscope (SEM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were used to characterize the structure and phases of the samples. The results show that the dense structure is not the reason that limits the reducibility of Panxi vanadic titanomagnetite. Metallization rate of 93 % was achieved when it was reduced at 1100 °C for 100 min. After pre-oxidation, Fe9TiO15 and Fe2O3 are the main phases of samples. Pre-oxidation could destroy the dense structure of vanadic titanomagnetite and increase the specific surface area of particles. However, reducibility of vanadic titanomagnetite is not improved obviously by pre-oxidation, with metallization rate increasing only 1 % under the same reduction conditions, and the generated metallic iron grains are smaller. Phase transformation of vanadic titanomagnetite at different reduction temperatures shows that the presence of FeTi2O5 is the main reason that limits the reducibility of Panxi vanadic titanomagnetite.

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This study was financially supported by the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (No. NCET-10-0834).

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    Shui-Shi Liu, Yu-Feng Guo, Guan-Zhou Qiu & Tao Jiang

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Liu, SS., Guo, YF., Qiu, GZ. et al. Mechanism of vanadic titanomagnetite solid-state reduction. Rare Met. 39, 1348–1352 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-014-0294-3

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