A great amount of red mud generated from alumina production by Bayer process was considered as a low-grade iron ore with a grade of 5wt% to 30wt% iron.We adopted the reduction roastingmagnetic separation process to re...A great amount of red mud generated from alumina production by Bayer process was considered as a low-grade iron ore with a grade of 5wt% to 30wt% iron.We adopted the reduction roastingmagnetic separation process to recover ferric oxide from red mud.The red mud samples were processed by reduction roasting,grinding and magnetic separating respectively.The effects of different parameters on the recovery rate of iron were studied in detail.The optimum techqicalparameters were proposed with 700 ℃roasting for 20 min,as 50wt% carbon and 4wt% additive were added.The experimentalresults indicated that the iron recovery and the grade of totaliron were 91% and 60%,respectively.A novelprocess is applicable to recover ferric oxide from the red mud waste fines.展开更多
基金Funded by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.310827151063)the Provincial Training Program of Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Undergraduates(No.201510710134)
文摘A great amount of red mud generated from alumina production by Bayer process was considered as a low-grade iron ore with a grade of 5wt% to 30wt% iron.We adopted the reduction roastingmagnetic separation process to recover ferric oxide from red mud.The red mud samples were processed by reduction roasting,grinding and magnetic separating respectively.The effects of different parameters on the recovery rate of iron were studied in detail.The optimum techqicalparameters were proposed with 700 ℃roasting for 20 min,as 50wt% carbon and 4wt% additive were added.The experimentalresults indicated that the iron recovery and the grade of totaliron were 91% and 60%,respectively.A novelprocess is applicable to recover ferric oxide from the red mud waste fines.