Synergism Extraction of Scandium from Scandium Concentrate and Titanium Dioxide Waste water
Vanadium titanium magnet tailings containing scandium are sorted and enriched to scandium concen-trate with the scandium content of 66.24 g·t-1,and titanium dioxide wastewater containing scandium is collected in Deyang,Sichuan province,its scandium content is 3.661 mg·L-1.After roasting and modification pretreat-ment of scandium concentrate,the titanium dioxide wastewater produced by sulfuric acid process was used as leaching agent for the co-leaching of scandium.The results show that under the conditions of salt-free roasting,roasting temperature of 850 ℃,roasting time of 2.0 h,leaching temperature of 80 ℃,leaching time of 2.0 h,liquid-solid ratio of 8 mL/g,leaching additive of NH4F and leaching additive consumption of 12%,the leaching effect is the best.The leaching rate can reach 83.90%when the scandium content of leaching residue is reduced to 11.50 g·t-1.The results of SEM-EDS and XRD analysis of scandium coarse concentrate,roasted ore and leaching residue show that after roasting and modification,pyroxene and feldspar minerals can effectively decom-pose,creating favorable conditions for the leaching of scandium with titanium dioxide wastewater,and realizing the purpose of synergic strengthening leaching and separation of scandium.Thermogravimetric analysis of scandi-um coarse concentrate shows that there will be two weight-loss phenomena during roasting of scandium coarse concentrate.Thermodynamic analysis during the leaching process proves the feasibility of the reaction.