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Influence of Desulfurization with Fe2O3 on the Reduction of Nickel Converter Slag.

ABSTRACT: Generally in the nickel converter slag, metals are mainly in the form of sulfides, which are difficult to separate from slag. Although metal oxides in the slag, such as NiO, CoO, and Cu2O, are easily reduced into metal using carbon, the presence of sulfur inhibits the reduction reaction. In this study, the addition of Fe2O3 to nickel converter slag produced desulfurized slag, which enhanced the carbothermal reduction process. Increasing the desulfurization rate promoted the conversion of sulfides into oxides in slag, which significantly increased the activity of NiO, Cu2O, and Fe2O3. However, the residual sulfur content had no significant effect on the activity of FeO and CoO, due to the high initial FeO content and cobalt existing mainly in the form of oxides. The optimum addition of Fe2O3 was 15.0 g per 100 g nickel slag, while the desulfurization ratio was 36.84% and the rates of nikel, cobalt and copper recovery were 95.33%, 77.73%, and 73.83%, respectively.

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC7288285 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

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Influence of Desulfurization with Fe2O3 on the Reduction of Nickel Converter Slag.

Wei Guangsheng G Wang Yun Y Zhu Rong R Yang Lingzhi L

Materials (Basel, Switzerland) 20200525 10

Generally in the nickel converter slag, metals are mainly in the form of sulfides, which are difficult to separate from slag. Although metal oxides in the slag, such as NiO, CoO, and Cu2O, are easily reduced into metal using carbon, the presence of sulfur inhibits the reduction reaction. In this study, the addition of Fe2O3 to nickel converter slag produced desulfurized slag, which enhanced the carbothermal reduction process. Increasing the desulfurization rate p ...[more]

PMID: 32466273

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