A decomposing technique for scheelite concentrate and low-grade scheelite concentrate

The effect of different decomposition conditions on tungsten recovery forscheelite concentrate has been examined. The results show that tungsten recovery can be more than98% under decomposing conditions as follows: the amount of caustic soda is 2.2 and 3.2 times oftheoretical respectively, ratio of water and ore is 0.7-0.8, temperature is 160℃, and preservationtime is 2.0 h for scheelite concentrate (63.21 % WO_3) and low grade scheelite concentrate (55.17%WO_3).

Efficient desorption and reuse of collector from the flotation concentrate:A case study of scheelite

Flotation is the most common method to obtain concentrate through the selective adsorption of collectors on target minerals to make them hydrophobic and floatable.In the hydrometallurgy of concentrate,collectors adsorbed on concentrate can damage ion-exchange resin and increase the chemical oxygen demand(COD)value of wastewater.In this work,we proposed a new scheme,i.e.,desorbing the collectors from concentrate in ore dressing plant and reusing them in flotation flowsheet.Lead nitrate and benzohydroxamic acid(Pb-BHA)complex is a common collector in scheelite flotation.In this study,different physical(stirring or ultrasonic waves)and chemical(strong acid or alkali environment)methods for facilitating the desorption of Pb-BHA collector from scheelite concentrate were explored.Single-mineral desorption tests showed that under the condition of pulp pH 13 and ultrasonic treatment for 15 min,the highest desorption rates of Pb and BHA from the scheelite concentrate were 90.48%and 63.75%,respectively.Run-of-mine ore flotation tests revealed that the reuse of desorbed Pb and BHA reduced the collector dosage by 30%for BHA and 25%for Pb.The strong alkali environment broke the chemical bonds between Pb and BHA.The cavitation effect of ultrasonic waves effectively reduced the interaction intensity between Pb-BHA collector and scheelite surfaces.This method combining ultrasonic waves and strong alkali environment can effectively desorb the collectors from concentrate and provide“clean”scheelite concentrate for metallurgic plants;the reuse of desorbed collector in flotation flowsheet can reduce reagent cost for ore dressing plants.

Mechanical Activation of Alkaline Leaching of Scheelite Concentrate

The mechanochemical activation for leaching scheelite concentrate with NaOH solution was studied on a laboratory scale. Tungsten recovery more than 98% can be obtained for treating either scheelite concentrate with 66.37% WO 3 or middle grade scheelite concentrate with 41.83% WO 3 using relative low NaOH consumption.

Synthesis and in-situ noble metal modification of WO3·0.33H2O nanorods from a tungsten-containing mineral for enhancing NH3 sensing performance

Ag-and Pt-doped WO3-0.33 H2O nanorods with high response and selectivity to NH3 were synthesized from a tungsten-containing mine ral of scheelite concentrate by a simple combined process,namely by a high pressure leaching method to obtain tungstate ions-containing leaching solution and followed by a hydrothermal method to prepare corresponding nanorods.The microstructure and NH3 sensing perfo rmance of the final products were investigated systematically.The microstructure characte rization showed that the as-prepared WO3-0.33 H2 O nanorods had a hexagonal crystal structure,and Ag and Pt nanoparticles were uniformly distributed in the WO3-0.33 H2O nano rods.Gas sensing measurements indicated that Ag and Pt nanopa rticles not only could obviously enhance NH3 sensing properties in terms of response,selectivity as well as response/recovery time,but also could reduce the optimal operating temperature at which the highest response was achieved.The highest responses of 22.4 and 47.6 for Agand Pt-doped WO3-0.33 H2O nanorods to 1000 ppm NH3 were obtained at 225 and 175℃,respectively,which were about four and eight folds higher than that of pure one at 250℃.The superior NH3 sensing properties are mainly ascribed to the catalytic activities of noble metals and the different work functions between noble metals and WO3-0.33 H2 O.