Abstract:Spodumene concentrate from the Pilbara region in Western Australia was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscope Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) and Mineral Liberation Analysis (MLA) to identify and quantify major minerals in the concentrate. Particle diameters ranged from 10 to 200 microns and the degree of liberation of major minerals was found to be more than 90%. The thermal behavior of spodumene and the concentration of its polymorphs were studied by heat treatments i… Show more
“…The method of production and characterization (X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscope Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), X-ray fluorescence (XRF) microscopy and Inductively Coupled plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES)) is detailed in our previous work. 32 Analytical grade CaCl 2 supplied by Sigma-Aldrich, France was used as chlorination agent.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Alumina crucible was used as the reaction vessel while heating in a Carbolite Gero electric furnace which was conditioned as in earlier work. 32 Chlorinated samples were cooled to room temperature in a desiccator and weighed before leaching tests.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Probing into the reaction mechanism, the leached residues were analyzed for their physicochemical alterations using SEM-EDS. Methods of sample preparation for XRD and SEM-EDS were previously detailed by Fosu et al 32 …”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This may be due to unavailability of data for the α-phase above this temperature. From our previous investigation, 32 it was found that, treating the α-phase at 925 °C did not complete the transformation. Rather, a maximum of about 65% α-phase conversion was achieved even after 480 minutes treatment (the longest residence time of the study).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 93%
“…The second is the decay of the metastable γ-phase formed from the previous decay to the final β-phase. Fosu et al 32 demonstrated the high temperature requirement for the two decay processes based on the apparent activation energies for the transformations. The acidic process which is currently the industrial process for extracting the metal and its contemporary studies require this inevitable phase transformation step which is energy intensive, therefore increasing processing cost and time.…”
Processing spodumene for lithium is challenging as it requires a high temperature transformation of the natural α-monoclinic form to β-tetragonal form, usually followed by acid baking and digestion.
“…The method of production and characterization (X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscope Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), X-ray fluorescence (XRF) microscopy and Inductively Coupled plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES)) is detailed in our previous work. 32 Analytical grade CaCl 2 supplied by Sigma-Aldrich, France was used as chlorination agent.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Alumina crucible was used as the reaction vessel while heating in a Carbolite Gero electric furnace which was conditioned as in earlier work. 32 Chlorinated samples were cooled to room temperature in a desiccator and weighed before leaching tests.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Probing into the reaction mechanism, the leached residues were analyzed for their physicochemical alterations using SEM-EDS. Methods of sample preparation for XRD and SEM-EDS were previously detailed by Fosu et al 32 …”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This may be due to unavailability of data for the α-phase above this temperature. From our previous investigation, 32 it was found that, treating the α-phase at 925 °C did not complete the transformation. Rather, a maximum of about 65% α-phase conversion was achieved even after 480 minutes treatment (the longest residence time of the study).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 93%
“…The second is the decay of the metastable γ-phase formed from the previous decay to the final β-phase. Fosu et al 32 demonstrated the high temperature requirement for the two decay processes based on the apparent activation energies for the transformations. The acidic process which is currently the industrial process for extracting the metal and its contemporary studies require this inevitable phase transformation step which is energy intensive, therefore increasing processing cost and time.…”
Processing spodumene for lithium is challenging as it requires a high temperature transformation of the natural α-monoclinic form to β-tetragonal form, usually followed by acid baking and digestion.
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