期刊
SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
卷 161, 期 -, 页码 104-111出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2016.01.039
关键词
Nepheline syenite; Potassium; Fertilizer; Taguchi; Microwave; Roast-leach method
资金
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India
Nepheline syenite is an igneous rock, which contains around 5.4% of potassium oxide (K2O), but finely dispersed and, locked in the host matrix. The characterization studies reveal the presence of orthoclase, nepheline and biotite as the major potassium bearing mineral phases. The present study aims at the extraction of potash values through microwave heating for its possible application as fertilizer. The microwave assisted roasting studies of nepheline syenite have been carried out and optimized using a statistical approach based on Taguchi design. It is possible to extract around 88% K2O values at 900 W microwave power and 6 min of roasting time using 20% charcoal and 50% calcium chloride. Charcoal is used as a microwave absorbing material that raises its temperature in a much lesser time, while calcium chloride for the favorable formation of KCl. The transformation of different mineral phases of nepheline syenite is characterized using XRD, and SEM showing the formation of a soluble potassium bearing phase (Sylvite) along with calcium aluminum silicate. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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