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Recovery of iron from zinc leaching residue by selective reduction roasting with carbon
Mi Li1, Bing Peng, Liyuan Chai
1Institute of Environmental Science & Engineering, School of Metallurgical Science and Engineering, Central South University, 410083 Changsha, Hunan, China.
Abstract:
The recovery of iron from zinc leaching residue by selective reduction roasting with carbon was studied. The effects of roasting temperature, duration time and mass ratio of carbon to residue on decomposition of ZnFe(2)O(4), iron recovery and iron grade were investigated based on thermodynamic calculation and phase composition analysis of zinc leaching residue. 58.6% of iron grade in magnetic concentrate and 68.4% of iron recovery were achieved after the residue roasted at 750°C for 1h under carbon to residue mass ratio of 4%. The phase composition of roasted residue indicated that the ZnFe(2)O(4) decomposed in four stages: reduction of ZnFe(2)O(4) to ZnO and Fe(3)O(4), reduction of Fe(3)O(4) to FeO, formation of Fe(0.85-x)Zn(x)O and reduction of FeO to Fe. A technological process for simultaneously recovering iron and zinc from zinc leaching residue is proposed.
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