INORGANICCHEMICALSINDUSTRY ›› 2015, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (5): 24-.

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Optimum conditions for dissolution of low grade potassium ore confirmed by orthogonal test

 JIANG   Hong, WANG   Xiao, WANG  Ai-Li   

  1. School of Chemical Engineering,Qinghai University,Xining 810016,China
  • Online:2015-05-10 Published:2015-05-06

Abstract: With Mohair salt mine,in Qinghai Province as raw material,the dissolution laws of K+ and Na+ from the salt mine were studied by orthogonal experiments.After a certain time of dissolution mine,the influences of three factors,ratio of liquid to solid,sodium chloride content in the solvent,and magnesium chloride content in the solvent on the contents of  K+ and Na+ in the liquid were investigated by orthogonal test method and the experiment results were analyzed with SPSS. The test results showed the influencing order for K+ and Na+ contents was:liquid to solid ratio>sodium chloride in solvent>magnesium chloride in solvent.The optimum conditions for the mineral dissolution were confirmed as follows:liquid-solid ratio was 1∶0.5,the content of sodium chloride was 50%(mass fraction,and same below) of its saturation in the solvent,the content of magnesium chloride was 3% in the solvent.Under optimal conditions the content of KCl was more than 1.2% which met the relevant requirements,and the small amount of dissolved NaCl also reached the requirements that the salt mine skeleton will not collapse.

Key words: potassium mineral dissolving, orthogonal test, SPSS

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