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Morphological Characterization Of Titania Slag Obtained From Red Sediment Placer Ilmenite Using Microwave Energy

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This paper deals with the main objective to observe the effect of microwave heat treatment for the production of Titania rich slag and pig iron from placer ilmenite. The experiments carried out in the present investigation on the oxidized ilmenite sample for microwave heat treatment in microwave sintering furnace reveals that a product can be obtained containing Titania rich slag and metalized iron. The in-depth characterisation of these products using SEM–EDAX shows that around 75–85 % of titanium dioxide is formed in terms of titania rich slag by using microwave sintering furnace after reduction of oxidized ilmenite with proper stoichiometric graphitic carbon and silicon carbide (SiC) susceptor. The titania rich slag is considered to be better input material for production of pigment grade titanium dioxide. On the other hand, the pig iron obtained as by product from titania rich slag is also important for automobile and steel industries application.

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The authors are thankful to the Director of CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar for giving permission to utilize the laboratory facilities to carry out this work. Thanks are also due to some of the scientists and research scholars of IMMT for their suggestions on this subject.

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  2. CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar, India

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Srikant, S.S., Mukherjee, P.S. & Bhima Rao, R. Morphological Characterization Of Titania Slag Obtained From Red Sediment Placer Ilmenite Using Microwave Energy. J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. D 96, 43–49 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40033-014-0057-1

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