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Reductive recovery of manganese from low-grade manganese dioxide ore using toxic nitrocellulose acid wastewater as reductant

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The hydrometallurgical strategy of extracting Mn from low-grade Mn ores has attracted attention for the production of electrolytic manganese metal (EMM). In this work, the reductive dissolution of low-grade MnO2 ores using toxic nitrocellulose acidic wastewater (NAW) as a reductant was investigated for the first time. Under the optimized conditions of an MnO2 ore dosage of 100 g·L−1, an ore particle size of −200 mesh, concentrated H2SO4-to-NAW volume ratio of 0.12, reaction temperature of 90°C, stirring speed at 160 r·min−1, and a contact time of 120 min, the reductive leaching efficiency of Mn and the total organic carbon (TOC) removal efficiency of NAW reached 97.4% and 98.5%, respectively. The residual TOC of 31.6 mg·L−1 did not adversely affect the preparation of EMM. The current process offers a feasible route for the concurrent realization of the reductive leaching of Mn and the treatment of toxic wastewater via a simple one-step process.

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Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to Xiangshun Jing for kind supply of the NAW and this work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21277012), the Nature Scientific Research Foundation of Shaanxi Provincial Education Office of China (No. 17JK0864), and the Scientific Research Foundation for PhD of Yan’an University (No. YDBK2018-10).

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    Yong-tao Zhang

  2. School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China

    Yong-tao Zhang & Bao-ping Xin

  3. Technology Center for Heavy Metal Cleaner Production Engineering, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China

    Zhi-gang Dan & Ning Duan

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Zhang, Yt., Dan, Zg., Duan, N. et al. Reductive recovery of manganese from low-grade manganese dioxide ore using toxic nitrocellulose acid wastewater as reductant. Int J Miner Metall Mater 25, 990–999 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-018-1649-9

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