Effects of mineralogical and textural characteristics of ilmenite concentrate on synthetic rutile production

The effect of mineralogy and texture of Qara-aghaj ilmenite concentrate on titanium dioxide prepared via reduction-slagging acid leaching process as a raw material in chloride route was investigated. The concentrate contains 44.5 % TiO₂ and its content in ilmenite lattice varies from 41.6–48 %. Hematite exsolved lamellae inside ilmenite which affect the reduction process positively are host of the most of the Cr and V as pigment colorizer metals. Apatite fine inclusions inside ilmenite as the source of Ca and P could have negative effects on synthetic rutile. Spinel ultrafine particles inside ilmenite containing Al and Si could also affect the synthetic rutile negatively. The other important elements which have been substituted in ilmenite lattice are Mg and Mn. The prepared titanium dioxide concentrate containing 91 % TiO₂ and 0.6 % Fe₂O₃ is mainly formed by rutile and small amount of anatase and Ti₂O₃ phases. The solid solution of rutile inside Ti₂O₃ was also observed. The content of Cr, V, Mn, and Al are decreased to permissible amount during slagging and leaching process while the quantity of other impurities such as Mg, Si, and Ca are relatively high in the product, and they cause some difficulties in pigment production via chloride route. The Mg and Ca sourced from ilmenite lattice and apatite inclusions, respectively, can affect the precipitation process. So, it is predicted that Qara-aghaj ilmenite concentrate will be suitable for sulfate route, but it is necessary to investigate comprehensively.     

Titanium and rare metal mineralization in arenaceous reservoir rocks of South Timan oil fields

Riphean metamorphic schists dipping into the Pechora trough contain leucoxenized porphyroblasts of rare earth sphene and ilmenite. Rutile leucoxene occurring in Devonian sediments overlying the schists was derived from the rare earth sphene and ilmenite by secondary crystallization of randomly oriented rutile microcrystals intergrown with quartz microcrystals. A light gray variety of rutile leucoxene contains 56.3 to 60.8% titanium dioxide; dark gray rutile leucoxene, the other variety, contains 57.1 to 67% titanium dioxide. Niobium, tantalum, and rare earths, present in fractions of a percentage, are thought to be of economic importance. It is considered that concentrations of zircon and rutile leucoxene represent offshore deposition in the deeper parts of a Devonian marine basin. Data were derived from examination of drill cores from the Devonian section of an oil field located on the southeast slope of the Timan range.     

莒县天宝钛铁矿尾矿选钛的工艺研究

近年来国家对钛的需求越来越大,从钛铁矿中选钛成为急需解决的的问题。莒县天宝钛铁矿通过重磁联合选矿方法从尾矿中选钛,有效地回收了钛资源,增加了产品品种,拉长了产业链,实现了资源的综合利用,减少了污染和土地占用,保护了环境。     

钛矿资源及其开发利用

钛金属因其特殊性能和广泛用途被称为“第三金属”，９０％以上的钛矿物被用于ＴｉＯ２颜料的生产，其次为宇航工业等。金红石和钛铁矿是提炼金属钛的主要原料。我国钛铁矿储量居世界之首，其精矿可满足国内钛工业需要，金红石资源较贫乏，原料供不应求。目前世界钛工业总形势是供大于求     

钛矿石物相的快速分析

钛矿石的主要矿物有金红石(TiO2),其次钛铁矿(FeO.TiO2)、榍石(CaO.TiO2.SiO2)和钛磁铁矿(FeTiO3.nFe2O3)。样品经碱熔融,过氧化氢比色测定总钛;利用电感耦合等离子体质谱法测定,氟化氢铵和盐酸溶解钛铁矿、钛磁铁矿、榍石和硅酸盐中的钛;湿法磁选、盐酸溶解钛磁铁矿中的钛;磁选后的残渣经800℃灼烧,氟化氢铵和盐酸溶解榍石和硅酸盐中的钛。方法对12个钛矿石样品进行了4种钛矿物物相分析,结果与实际地质成矿组分符合。     

Applied Mineralogical Studies on Iranian Titanium Deposits

Qara-aghaj and Skandian as hard rock titanium deposit and Kahnooj one as a placer deposit were investigated from applied mineralogical point of view. The mineralogical studies were carried out using XRD, XRF, optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and microprobe analysis. These studies indicated that ilmenite and magnetite are main valuable minerals in the studied ores. Pyroxene, olivine and plagioclase are the main gangue minerals in Qara-aghaj ore while chlorite and plagioclase are the major gangue minerals in Skandian ore. Plagioclase, clinopyroxene, amphibole, feldspate and some quartz are the important gangue minerals in kahnooj deposit. In all three ores ilmenite is mainly in the form of ilmenite grains but some lamellae of ilmenite with thickness between 0.1 to 20 μm have been occurred as exsolution textures inside magnetite grains, where the magnetite here can be referred to as ilmenomagnetite. In the hard rock ores some fine ilmenites have been disseminated in silicate minerals. The liberation degree of granular ilmenite was determined 150, 140 and 200 μm for Qara-aghaj, Skandian and Kahnooj, respectively. So, only the granular form of ilmenite is recoverable by physical methods. Some sphene and rutile as titanium containing minerals were observed mainly inside ilmenite phase in kahnooj ore. Some fine rutile was also found inside Skandian ilmenite while there were not any other titanium minerals inside Qara-aghaj ilmenite. Apatite is another valuable mineral which was found only in Qara-aghaj ore. Using SEM and microprobe analysis it was found that there are different amounts of exsolved fine lamellae of hematite inside ilmenite in Qara-aghaj and Kahnooj ores while it was not observed in Sckandian one. The average contents of TiO2 in the lattice of Qara-aghaj, Skandian and Kahnooj ilmenite were determined 51.13, 50.9% and 52.02%, respectively. FeO content of ilmenite lattice for all three samples is clearly lower than the theoretical content. This is due to the substitution of Mg and Mn for some Fe2+ ions in the ilmenite lattice. V2O3 content of magnetite lattice is up to 1%. So, magnetite can be a suitable source for production of vanadium as a by-product in all three deposits.     

山东沂水县常庄钛铁矿地质特征及成因探讨

沂水县常庄钛铁矿床产于中细粒含钛磁铁矿辉石角闪石岩中,该岩体既是成矿母岩又是赋矿围岩。矿体长1 800 m,平均宽75 m,控制斜深344 m,平均品位TiO28.85%,品位变化系数为104%,TFe＋TiO2平均品位28.24%,品位变化系数为102%。属品位变化较不均匀的矿体。该矿床具有矿体规模大,形态简单,易于开采之特点。通过对矿床地质特征的研究,认为该矿床属基性岩浆分异型钛铁矿床,其成矿时代为古元古代。     

Microlaboratory study on magnetic,gravity and high-tension separation of hercynite and pleonaste from low-grade ilmenite concentrates

Some ilmenite concentrates obtained from oleate flotation of ilmenite ores from NE Poland contain less than the required 45% TiO₂ due to the presence of green spinels (hercynite and pleonaste). Such concentrates were further upgraded by different separation techniques. It was established at microlaboratory scale that magnetic, gravity and high-tension separations can provide qualified ilmenite concentrates with TiO₂ recovery in the order of 50 to 80%.     

沉积型钛铁矿品位计算方法

沉积型钛铁矿品位计算中时常出现简化计算公式,忽视钛铁矿中TiO2实际含量和钛物相分布中钛铁矿占比等因素,导致钛铁矿品位计算数据偏差,影响钛铁矿储量计算和项目经济测算。为了减少钛铁矿品位计算的错误,本文以莫桑比克和马拉维钛铁矿项目勘查资料数据为基础,论述钛铁矿物中TiO2实测含量及钛物相分析中钛铁矿占比的意义,正确运用钛铁矿品位计算公式,使沉积型钛铁矿品位计算更接近实际,为提升钛铁矿砂矿资源储量和项目经济性测算的准确性提供重要支撑。     

沉积型钛铁矿品位计算方法

沉积型钛铁矿品位计算中时常出现简化计算公式,忽视钛铁矿中TiO2实际含量和钛物相分布中钛铁矿占比等因素,导致钛铁矿品位计算数据偏差,影响钛铁矿储量计算和项目经济测算。为了减少钛铁矿品位计算的错误,本文以莫桑比克和马拉维钛铁矿项目勘查资料数据为基础,论述钛铁矿物中TiO2实测含量及钛物相分析中钛铁矿占比的意义,正确运用钛铁矿品位计算公式,使沉积型钛铁矿品位计算更接近实际,为提升钛铁矿砂矿资源储量和项目经济性测算的准确性提供重要支撑。     

Influence of previous aeration in water or heating in air of ilmenite on its flotation with oleic acid

It has been found that previous aeration in water or heating in air of ilmenite greatly improved the flotation recovery of this mineral with oleic acid. It is postulated that the iron atoms in the surface of ilmenite are more effective in floatation when oxidized to the ferric state, due to the lower solubility of the ferric compounds. Surface ferric oleate was identified by infrared spectroscopy on ilmenite that had reacted with oleate.     

风化型钛砂矿地质报告的典型错误分析

笔者从事钛矿投资7年多时间,收集研究过的风化型钛砂矿地质勘查报告和储量核实报告近百个,其中多数报告在资源/储量估算时都不同程度的存在错误。本文就《云南省建水县盘江钛铁矿资源储量核实报告》存在的典型问题进行详细分析,希望对同类型报告编制有所帮助,同时,引起从事矿业投资的人士重视。     

风化型钛砂矿地质报告的典型错误分析

笔者从事钛矿投资7年多时间,收集研究过的风化型钛砂矿地质勘查报告和储量核实报告近百个,其中多数报告在资源/储量估算时都不同程度的存在错误。本文就《云南省建水县盘江钛铁矿资源储量核实报告》存在的典型问题进行详细分析,希望对同类型报告编制有所帮助,同时,引起从事矿业投资的人士重视。     

Tabular formations in titanomagnetite

A visually homogeneous intrusive titanium magnetite is shown microscopically to consist of two phases: a) solid solution of magnetite in ulvospinel and b) solid solution of ulvospinel in magnetite; the phase ratio is about 1 : 2. On heating in air two new phases are produced in titanium magnetite, as oriented plates forming the mineral's characteristic reticulate microstructure: ilmenite and hematite. Ilmenite disappears on further heating and the end-phase becomes a solid solution of ilmenite in hematite. It is believed that natural oxidation in depths also yields to ilmenite plates in titanium magnetite, if ulvospinel is present. Oriented platelets of hematite may be similarly produced in TiO₂ -free magnetite and in magnesium ferrite, although MgO retards their development in the latter. -- V. P. Sokoloff.     

Photodegradation of amaranth in aqueous solution catalyzed by immobilized nanoparticles of titanium dioxide

The use of suspensions of nanoparticles of titanium dioxide in photocatalytic degradation of dye solution has disadvantages of inconvenient separation of fine particles for reuse and limited penetration of light for effective degradation. These problems can be minimized by supporting titanium dioxide on various inert supports. The present study involves the preparation of immobilized titanium dioxide films by three different techniques and characterization of the prepared films. The immobilized films of nanocrystals of titanium dioxide were prepared using sol?Cgel technique, polyvinyl alcohol?Cformaldehyde binder and acrylic emulsion. The photocatalytic performance of the prepared films for degradation of amaranth dye has also been evaluated and compared. Combination of photodegradation and adsorption processes induces strong beneficial effects on removal of dyes. Addition of high adsorption capacity activated carbon to photoactive titanium dioxide in photodegradation of dyes improves the efficiency of dye mineralization. The activated carbon has also been immobilized along with titanium dioxide in the present work to examine the dual effect of photodegradation and adsorption in the removal of amaranth. The films formed with the help of polyvinyl alcohol?Cformaldehyde binder showed better dye degradation capabilities.     

Decomposition of ilmenite by concentrated KOH solution under atmospheric pressure

A new process was provided for decomposition of ilmenite by concentrated KOH solution under atmospheric pressure. The significant effects of reaction temperature, KOH concentration, stirring speed, particle size, and alkali-to-ilmenite mass ratios on titanium extraction were studied. The temperature and initial particle size showed significant influence on titanium extraction. The experimental data of the extraction rates under the relevant operating variables were well interpreted with the shrinking core model under chemically controlled process. The apparent activation energy of the reaction was evaluated using the Arrhenius expression. Approximately 80–85% of the titanium could be leached from the ilmenite ore under the optimal conditions.     

ICP-AES法测定矿石中的二氧化钛

采用等离子直读光谱(ICP-AES)法测定矿石中二氧化钛,探讨了基体及光谱测试条件对钛测定的影响,选择了仪器最佳条件,为了避免共存元素对测定的干扰,采用国家一级标准物质GBW07235作为标准溶液,通过测定标样含量得出的结果,证明了此方法准确可靠,简明快速,十分满意。     

西藏冈底斯斑岩铜矿带成矿流体的扫描电镜（能谱）约束

文章通过对碰撞造山型斑岩铜矿床———冈底斯斑岩铜矿带中的2个典型矿床(驱龙和厅宫)早期钾化石英脉中多相包裹体的扫描电镜/能谱研究,有效地弥补了以往研究中遗漏的成矿流体中有用组分信息,对成矿流体性质及成矿过程有了更为清晰的认识。扫描电镜/能谱研究表明,驱龙、厅宫矿床中多相包裹体中的子矿物,除常见的石盐及钾盐外,还含有重晶石、方解石、黄铜矿、钛铁矿及其他以Fe、Cu_Fe为主要元素的未知矿物。这些结果表明,成矿流体为富含Cu、Fe、Ti、Mn、S等成矿元素的高氧化态岩浆热液;黄铜矿、钛铁矿、重晶石等子矿物与石盐、钾盐子矿物共同产出,暗示直接从斑岩岩浆中出溶的高盐度流体是成矿物质组分搬运的主要载体。     

内蒙古羊蹄子山-磨石山钛矿床锐钛矿、金红石和钛铁矿的矿物学特征

羊蹄子山-磨石山钛矿床的钛矿物主要为锐钛矿、金红石和钛铁矿。锐钛矿化学成分的特点是FeO含量明显比金红石要低;主要X光粉晶谱线为3.518(100)、2.377(14)和1.667(11);晶胞参数a()=3.786,c()=9.513;拉曼光谱谱线(cm-1)为516、395、195和143。金红石的主要X光粉晶谱线为3.250(100)、1.688(40)和2.488(29);晶胞参数为a()=4.595,c()=2.962;拉曼光谱谱线(cm-1)为610和446。钛铁矿的成分特点是富锰贫镁,与攀西地区岩浆型钒钛磁铁矿矿床中的钛铁矿正好相反。所有上述钛(铁)氧化物矿物学特征,进一步说明该矿床是在中元古代在海底与基性火山活动有关的热水沉积后经区域变质和局部又遭受后期热液改造而成。     

氯化法钛白粉生产项目放射性环境影响评价

在放射性核素走向分析和环境现状调查的基础上,对某氯化法钛白粉生产项目的放射性环境影响进行了分析、预测与评价。放射性环境现状调查表明,评价因子总体在区域环境本底范围内,经分析确定了放射性敏感点。经放射性环境影响预测,工作人员和公众所受的附加剂量分别为0.59mSv/a和9.28×10-4mSv/a,均低于年有效剂量管理限值。在落实辐射防护和环境保护措施并加强放射性环境监测后,该项目的放射性环境影响符合国家有关法规和标准限值要求。