Inorganic Chemicals Industry ›› 2025, Vol. 57 ›› Issue (5): 18-25.doi: 10.19964/j.issn.1006-4990.2024-0264

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Study on effect and mechanism of hydration of dolime on its magnesium extraction experiment

LI Zhi1(), HUANG Xiaorui1,2(), JIANG Zhenyu1, LI Xue1, ZHAO Kun1, XU Guangwen1,2()   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Resources Chemicals and Materials of Ministry of Education,Shenyang University of Chemical Technology,Shenyang 110142,China
    2. School of Chemical Engineering,University of Science and Technology Liaoning,Anshan 114051,China
  • Received:2024-05-10 Online:2025-05-10 Published:2025-06-05
  • Contact: HUANG Xiaorui, XU Guangwen E-mail:3488675843@qq.com;huangxiaorui@syuct.edu.cn;gwxu@ipe.ac.cn

Abstract:

China is the world′s leading producer and exporter of metallic magnesium.However,the low reduction rate of magnesium oxide results in high energy consumption,inefficient production,and a significant amount of waste magnesium slag with a high content of magnesium oxide.This hinders the green and healthy development of the metallic magnesium industry.To enhance reduction rate of magnesium oxide in magnesium smelting,modified treatment was conductedon the dolime.The dolime derived from dolomite was firstly hydrated and subsequently subjected to further calcination in order to produce hydrated modified dolime.Then the dolime and the hydrated modified dolime were mixed with ferrosilicon and fluorite,pressed into reduced pellets,and subjected to the magnesium extraction experiment under high temperature and vacuum.The properties,structure,composition and morphology of dolime before and after hydration modification and the residual slag and Mg after experiments were characterized by TG,XRD,BET,particle size analyzer and SEM-EDS.The results demonstrated a significant reduction in the particle size of hydrated modified dolime,with the particle size decreasing from 60 μm to 1 μm.The microstructure exhibited a loose and porous nature,characterized by well⁃developed pores and increased pore size,and the specific surface area was increased from 8.41 m2/g to 23.23 m2/g.Furthermore,the modification treatment led to an increase in the reduction rate of magnesium oxide,as evidenced by a reduction rate of 82% for magnesium oxide in experiments using dolime as raw material under a reduction time of 1.0 h,compared to a reduction rate of 94% for magnesium oxide in experiments using hydrated modified dolime as raw material.It suggested that the hydration modification treatment effectively enhanced the physicochemical properties of the dolime,thereby significantly boosting the magnesium smelting efficiency.

Key words: calcined white, hydration, pidgeon, magnesium smelt

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