Inorganic Chemicals Industry ›› 2020, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (8): 66-71.doi: 10.11962/1006-4990.2019-0491

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Study on preparation of calcium sulfate whisker by atmospheric pressure acidification using rare earth gypsum

Xu Wei1,2(),Li Mei1,2(),Zhang Dongliang2,Gao Kai2,Li Jianfei2   

  1. 1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology;Inner Mongolia,Baotou 014010,China
    2. Key Laboratory of Green Extraction and Efficient Utilization of Light Rare-Earth Resources,Ministry of Education
  • Received:2020-02-19 Online:2020-08-10 Published:2020-08-12
  • Contact: Li Mei E-mail:1982682438@qq.com;limei@imust.edu.cn

Abstract:

Calcium sulfate whiskers were synthesized by atmospheric pressure acidification using rare earth-containing gypsum as raw material.The effects of different process conditions on the morphology of the formed calcium sulfate whiskers were investigated.At the same time,the effects of the type of crystal growth promoter and the content of crystal growth promoter on the growth of calcium sulfate whiskers were also investigated.The surface morphology and phase characteristics of calcium sulfate whiskers were characterized by SEM and XRD,respectively.The experimental results showed that the optimal reaction conditions for preparing calcium sulfate whiskers were rare earth gypsum mass concentration of 0.22 g/mL,reaction time of 25 min,hydrochloric acid concentration of 2.8 mol/L,reaction temperature of 70 ℃ and aging time of 4 h.The average length of the calcium sulfate whiskers synthesized under these conditions was 61 μm,and the average aspect ratio was 30.5. CuCl2 was selected as a growth promoter for promoting the growth of calcium sulfate whiskers by contrast experiments.With the addition of 5%(mass fraction) CuCl2,the aspect ratio of calcium sulfate whisker was increased from 30.5 to 41,and the length was increased from 61 μm to 81 μm.

Key words: rare earth gypsum, atmospheric pressure acidification, calcium sulfate whisker, crystal growth promoter

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