Journal
MINERALS ENGINEERING
Volume 102, Issue -, Pages 1-14Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2016.12.001
Keywords
Lepidolite; Mechanical activation; Grinding; Sulfuric acid digestion; Water leaching; Lithium extraction
Funding
- [9244/13-1]
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Mechanical activation in order to improve lithium recovery from a lepidolite ore concentrate was investigated. The concentrate was mechanically activated using different milling times and the effect on the resulting products was evaluated by X-ray powder diffraction, FTIR spectroscopy, TG-DTG analysis, SEM and particle size analysis by laser diffraction. The mechanical activation leads to lepidolite amorphization and concomitant improvement of the reactivity by sulfuric acid digestion and water leaching. About 85% of Li recovery was achieved when the concentrate was activated for 15 min and afterwards digested at 165 degrees C, during 4 h, using an acid concentrate ratio of 650 g/kg. Li recoveries above 70% were reached even using digestion temperatures lower than 100 degrees C. However, to increase recovery, temperatures over 140 degrees C are more suitable. Results obtained showed that is possible to apply a low temperature technology for recovering Li from hard rock minerals, using mechanical activation. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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