As an important strategic metal,vanadium is generally used to prepare special steels,titanium alloys,and hydrogen storage materials.A new method of producing vanadium(metal)powder from V_(2)O_(3)using block Mg is pres...As an important strategic metal,vanadium is generally used to prepare special steels,titanium alloys,and hydrogen storage materials.A new method of producing vanadium(metal)powder from V_(2)O_(3)using block Mg is presented herein.Using an auxiliary molten salt,V_(2)O_(3)was successfully transformed into V by Mg reduction.The by-product,MgO,was transformed into MgCl_(2)by adding ZrCl_(4),which prevented the generation of MgV_(2)O_(4)and allowed the reaction to proceed smoothly.The rod-like alloy phases,Zr_(0.03)V_(1.97),which formed in the presence of excess Mg,may hinder the diffusion of oxygen from the product.The recovery rate of vanadium after separation and purification was approximately 45%–50%,where the main loss occurred during ball milling.Under the optimal conditions(Mg content of 48.3%,reduction time of 1.5 h,and temperature of 850℃),the purity of vanadium exceeded 99 wt.%,and the O content decreased to 0.34 wt.%.展开更多
基金the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2018YFC1900500)Technology of Preparing High Purity Metal Vanadium Powder by Magnesium Reduction(2018CDPZH-16)the open project founded by State Key Laboratory of Vanadium and Titanium Resources Comprehensive Utilization for financial support of this research.
文摘As an important strategic metal,vanadium is generally used to prepare special steels,titanium alloys,and hydrogen storage materials.A new method of producing vanadium(metal)powder from V_(2)O_(3)using block Mg is presented herein.Using an auxiliary molten salt,V_(2)O_(3)was successfully transformed into V by Mg reduction.The by-product,MgO,was transformed into MgCl_(2)by adding ZrCl_(4),which prevented the generation of MgV_(2)O_(4)and allowed the reaction to proceed smoothly.The rod-like alloy phases,Zr_(0.03)V_(1.97),which formed in the presence of excess Mg,may hinder the diffusion of oxygen from the product.The recovery rate of vanadium after separation and purification was approximately 45%–50%,where the main loss occurred during ball milling.Under the optimal conditions(Mg content of 48.3%,reduction time of 1.5 h,and temperature of 850℃),the purity of vanadium exceeded 99 wt.%,and the O content decreased to 0.34 wt.%.
