Spatial Distribution of the Increased Porosity of Cement Paste due to Calcium Leaching

Using the tomography image, a method to characterize the 3D spatial distributions of increased porosity was proposed, and the increased porosity distributions of cement pastes with different leaching degrees were given using the current method. The leaching processes of CH/C-S-H and the contribution of CH/C-S-H leaching to porosity evolution were discussed. The proposed method can be applied to all cement- based materials with any leaching degrees. From the quantitative increased porosity results, we find that the CH leaching finished quickly on the sharp CH leaching front.

Effect of Calcium on the Vanadium Extraction from High Calcium Type Stone Coal

The high calcium type stone coal from Hubei province was leached by water and dilute acid separately after being roasted with different dosage of Na Cl. The water leaching rate of vanadium（WLRV） was low and only 26.8% of vanadium can be leached by water when 4% Na Cl was added, but the acid leaching rate of vanadium（ALRV） was relatively high. Calcium in the high calcium type stone coal is greatly superfl uous relative to vanadium, hence, the calcium reacts with vanadium to form Ca（VO3）2, Ca2V2O7 and Ca3（VO4）2orderly during the stone coal roasting process and high temperature is beneficial to the reactions between calcium and vanadium, which was validated by simulated reactions between pure calcium carbonate and vanadium pentoxide. These calcium vanadates are all water insoluble but acid soluble and this causes the low WLRV and relatively high ALRV. After calcium removal by HCl, the WLRV is highly enhanced and reaches about 50% when only 2% Na Cl was added. If the HCl content is too high, the stone coal is easily sintered and the formed glass structure can enwrap vanadium, which leads the WLRV to decline. Single water leaching process is not appropriate to extract vanadium from high calcium type stone coal.

The Dissolution Experiment of Polyhalite at Different Temperature and Pressure

Polyhalite(K2SO4·Mg SO4·2Ca SO4·2H2O)is one of the insoluble potassium mineral which is widely distributed in sulfate-type potassium-bearing deposit,and the theoretical concentration of K2SO4 is 28%.It can be directly used as a

Theoretical and Experimental on Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Degree of Steel Slag

The limitation and experimental CO2 sequestration degree of steel slag is the focus. The theoretical and the practical COe sequestration degree was assessed under mild operating conditions. After calculation in theory, it can be found that the CO2 sequestration limitation degree for every kilogram steel slag is about 442 g when taking magne- sium into consideration, and the experimental CO2 sequestration degree for every kilogram slag is about 77 g, under the conditions that the liquid to solid ratio is 50 L/kg, CO2 flow is 0.5 L/min and the temperature of reaction is the ambient temperature. When solution NH4Cl and CHa COOH for experiments and other conditions keep the same, the actual potential CO2 sequestration for every kilogram slag is 69.3 g and 31.20 g respectively. Thus, optimization of process parameters like granularity of slag is necessary to enhance the carbon dioxide sequestration degree for steel slag.