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Roasting Decomposition for Phosphate Separation from Zircon Tailing

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In this study, the thermal decomposition of zircon magnetic tailing has been conducted to remove phosphate using a roasting process with Na2CO3 and water leaching. The research on zircon magnetic tailing processing, which contained monazite, xenotime, zircon, anatase, rutile and cerianite, aimed to test the effectiveness of roasting techniques for phosphate decomposition so that REE can be easily extracted. The optimal conditions to ensure phosphate recovery up to 93.27% were determined. In this condition, zircon and xenotime minerals are still confirmed in the roasting products using Na2CO3.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering (Sustainable Mineral Processing Research Group), Universitas Gadjah Mada, 55281, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

    I. Trisnawati, A. Prasetya, P. Mulyono & H. T. M. B. Petrus

  2. Polytechnic Institute of Nuclear Technology, National Research and Innovation Agency, 55281, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

    I. Trisnawati & E. P. Sari

  3. Mineral Chemical Engineering Department, Politeknik ATI Makassar, Kota Makassar, Indonesia

    G. Prameswara

  4. Unconventional Geo-Resources Research Group (UGRG), Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada, 55281, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

    A. Prasetya, P. Mulyono & H. T. M. B. Petrus

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Translated from Fiziko-Tekhnicheskie Problemy Razrabotki Poleznykh Iskopaemykh, 2022, No. 5, pp. 146-154. https://doi.org/10.15372/FTPRPI20220514.

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Trisnawati, I., Prameswara, G., Sari, E.P. et al. Roasting Decomposition for Phosphate Separation from Zircon Tailing. J Min Sci 58, 830–838 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062739122050143

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