Inorganic Chemicals Industry ›› 2023, Vol. 55 ›› Issue (2): 85-91.doi: 10.19964/j.issn.1006-4990.2022-0191

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Study on preparation of metatitanic acid by hydrolysis of leaching solution of roasted mixture of red mud and ammonium sulfate

PAN Sicheng1,2,3(),XU Hongbin2,3,4(),ZHANG Hongling2,3,4,DONG Yuming2,3,ZHANG Hongjun5,LOU Taiping1   

  1. 1. Northeastern University,Shenyang 110819,China
    2. CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering,Institute of Process Engineering,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100190,China
    3. National Engineering Research Center of Green Recycling for Strategic Metal Resources,Institute of Process Engineering,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100190,China
    4. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China
    5. Gansu Jinshi Chemical Industry Co.,Ltd.,Zhangye 734500,China
  • Received:2022-04-12 Online:2023-02-10 Published:2023-02-16

Abstract:

Metatitanic acid was prepared by controlled hydrolysis of the titanium component in the leaching solution of the roasted mixture of red mud and ammonium sulfate to recover titanium.Firstly,reduced iron powder was added as reducing agent to reduce Fe3+ into Fe2+ in the leaching solution.Then,the hydrolysis conditions were controlled,and the Ti4+ in the leaching solution was hydrolyzed to synthesize metatitanic acid and was separated and recovered.The research results showed that the optimal hydrolysis conditions for the titanium component in the leaching solution were determined as follows:theoretical amount of the added reduced iron powder required for complete reduction of Fe3+ into Fe2+,hydrolysis temperature of 140 ℃,hydrolysis time period of 4 h,hydrolysis ending pH of 2.0,and added titanium amount in the metatitanic acid seed of 9% of the total titanium content in the leaching solution.Under the above optimal process conditions,the hydrolysis efficiency of titanium in the leaching solution was reached as high as 95%.The metatitanic acid product had anatase crystal form and low crystallinity.The morphology of the product was irregular circular spheres with massive agglomeration to a certain extent.Since the metatitanic acid particle adsorbed a certain amount of sulfate,the calculated product composition was determined as TiO2·0.7H2O·0.08SO3.

Key words: selective hydrolysis, red mud, ammonium sulfate, titanium, metatitanic acid

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