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SUBMITTER: Yagmurlu B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6694154 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yagmurlu Bengi B Alkan Gözde G Xakalashe Buhle B Schier Claudia C Gronen Lars L Koiwa Ichiro I Dittrich Carsten C Friedrich Bernd B
Scientific reports 20190814 1
Anticipated future demand and limited primary sources of Sc highlight the importance of secondary Sc resources such as bauxite residue (red mud). In this study, a process route starting from red mud aiming to recover Sc as a concentrate by a combination of pyrometallurgical and hydrometallurgical processes was developed. Bauxite residue was treated in an electric arc furnace (EAF) for Fe removal as well as slag conditioning with varying flux additions and various cooling conditions. 95% of iron ...[more]