The aim of the article is to present the results of laboratory analyses determining the content of rare earth elements (REE) in hard coal type 31.1. Coal was extracted directly from the mining excavation located in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin. Mass spectrometry tests with ionization in inductively coupled plasma (ICP-MS), were aimed at the quantitative analysis of the share of REE in coal, taking into account the economic aspects of recovery of these elements. Fine ground hard coal samples and ashes obtained after coal burning were assessed for the rare earth elements concentration. Results of the rare earth elements concentration (lanthanum and cerium) in hard coal are similar in the values obtained in previous tests. The current analyses present higher concentration of europium or neodymium. The article also contains the concept of possible future research work, consisting in the recovery of rare earth elements using, among others, a classifying hydrocyclone.
W artykule przedstawiono wyniki analiz zawartości pierwiastków ziem rzadkich w odpadach metalurgicznych Nowej Huty zdeponowanych w dwóch osadnikach ziemnych. Badania te podjęto w związku znaczeniem strategicznym pierwiastków ziem rzadkich (REE) w perspektywie rozwoju nowoczesnych technologii. Analizy laboratoryjne pozyskanych odpadów przeprowadzono z zastosowaniem techniki spektrometrii mas z jonizacją w plazmie indukcyjnie sprzężonej – ICP MS. Przeprowadzone badania wykazały, że w pobranych materiałach znajdują się pierwiastki ziem rzadkich. Stwierdzono, że kumulatywna zawartość tych pierwiastków w próbkach wynosi nieco powyżej 140 ppm. W artykule przedstawiono również propozycje dalszych, pogłębionych badań odpadów metalurgicznych Nowej Huty.
This article presents research on selected materials with the aim of determining their rare earth element (REE) content and attempting to intensify it. The test material was coal slurry, which is a waste product from the operation of a preparation plant of a closed coal mine. Research on REE concentration intensification tests was carried out using magnetic separation. Laboratory analyses determining the REE content in the samples obtained, were carried out using the inductively coupled plasma ionisation mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) technique. Carrying out this research by the KOMAG Institute of Mining Technology, is a continuation of work related to making mining waste economically useful and determining a new source of REE recovery. Previous research and development work showed REE content (scandium 40.49 ppm) in the coal slurries studied. The result of the work carried out is the determination of the economic utility of REE recovery from the studied waste.
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