Occurrence and vertical distribution of aluminum and rare earths in weathered crust elution-deposited rare earth ore:Effect of soil solution pH and clay minerals

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外文摘要：Weathered crust elution-deposited rare earth ore is crucial source of medium and heavy rare earths,with in-situ leaching being the most common mining method.The high contents of impurity of aluminum in the leach solution are a significant challenge for the subsequent enrichment process of rare earths.A comprehensive understanding of the occurrences and vertical distribution of aluminum and rare earths within typical vertical profiles can provide valuable insights into entire design of the in-situ leaching.This paper improves a five-step sequential extraction method to analyze the occurrence and vertical distri-bution of rare earths and aluminum in vertical profiles from Chongzuo and Longyan.Experimental re-sults demonstrate that soil solution pH is the main factor affecting the vertical distribution of ion-exchangeable rare earths.Both samples have distinct areas of enrichment for ion-exchangeable rare earths or aluminum.Ion-exchangeable rare earths are primary concentrated in the middle and lower parts of the ore layer(4-13 m in Chongzuo,14-22 m in Longyan),while the ion-exchangeable aluminum is mainly enriched in the upper part of the ore layer(1-5 m in Chongzuo,and 2-14 m in Longyan).The vertical distribution of inorganic hydroxy aluminum is likely influenced by the micromorphology and particle size of the clay minerals.The inorganic hydroxy aluminum concentration in Chongzuo samples decreases continuously from 415.65 to 120.95 mg/kg with increasing sampling depth,whereas the concentration in Longyan samples(110.55-171.27 mg/kg)is almost independence with sampling depth.These results provide direct guidance for the entire design of the injection well depth and the leaching parameters,thereby inhibiting the leaching of impurity of aluminum and lower the consumption of leaching agent.

外文关键词：

Weathered crust elution-deposited rare earth oreSequential extractionOccurrenceAluminumRare earth elements

作者：

Jiaxin Pan、Longsheng Zhao、Zheng Li、Xiaowei Huang、Zongyu Feng、Jun Chen

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作者单位：

National Engineering Research Center for Rare Earth,China GRINM Group Co.,Ltd.,Beijing,100088,China

School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering,University of Science and Technology Beijing(USTB),Beijing,100083,China

GRIREM Advanced Materials Co.,Ltd.,Beijing,100088,China

GRIREM Hi-Tech Co.,Ltd.,Langfang,065201,China

GRIMAT Engineering Institute Co.,Ltd.,Beijing,101407,China

School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering,University of Science and Technology Beijing(USTB),Beijing 100083,China

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基金：

National Key Research and Development Program of ChinaMajor Research Plan of the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaScience and Technology Innovation Fund of GRINM

项目编号：

2020YFC1909002919622112022PD0102

出版年：

2024

DOI：

10.1016/j.jre.2023.06.016

稀土学报(英文版)

中国稀土学会

稀土学报(英文版)

CSTPCDEI

影响因子：1.3

ISSN：1002-0721

年,卷(期)：2024.42(7)