Journal
JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS
Volume 358, Issue -, Pages 105-118Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2014.01.046
Keywords
Kinetic modeling; Zinc ferrite; X-ray diffraction; Geometric model; Autocatalytic stage; Thermodynamic property
Funding
- Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection of Serbia [172015]
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG in Bonn (Germany) [FR 1713/13-1]
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The stochastic geometric model was applied to kinetic modeling the complex process of thermal decomposition of zinc ferrite from neutral leach residues, at different operating temperatures (600 degrees C, 750 degrees C, 950 degrees C and 1150 degrees C). Based on functional dependence of Avrami's constant (n) in a function of the effective activation energy (E-a), it was found that at T > 950 degrees C, the crystallization process takes place in autocatalytic stage, under the conditions where the rate of nucleation rapidly increases. It was established that the high nucleation rate can be attributed to formation of both Zn and Fe rich regions which provide a high number of heterogeneous nucleation sites. Based on the obtained final shape of the particles, it was found a strong presence of zinc, iron (present only in the form of Fe3O4 (magnetite)), magnesium (in the form of Mg2Si2O6), and also lead oxides. Thermodynamic analysis showed that the decomposition depends on the introduction of heat, and exerts a positive value of the Gibbs free energy of activation. Such a feature was expected since the ferrite system has been submitted to a forced decomposition and volatilization reactions. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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