Indexed by:
Abstract:
Lepidolite is a kind of low-grade lithium ore (3.5–4.0% Li2O) which contains more than 22% Al2O3 and 8% K2O. Removal and utilization of the Al and K will be very important for the economic extraction of lithium from this ore. In this paper, a novel method is proposed to remove Al from the leaching solution of lepidolite by adding ammonium from (NH4)2SO4. The results indicate that adding NH4+ could remove more aluminum and have a smaller loss of lithium in comparison to adding K+ for removing aluminum in the leaching solution. The Al removal reached up to 80.44% at (K+ + NH4+)/Al3+ molar ratio of 0.95, while the amount of Li+ (99.84%) still remained in the leaching solution. In addition, the phase equilibrium in the quaternary K2SO4-Al2(SO4)3-(NH4)2SO4-H2O system at 278.2 K was investigated to support the above conclusion. The results verify that the addition of ammonium could remove more Al3+ by easily forming potassium alum (KAl(SO4)2·12H2O) and ammonium alum (NH4Al(SO4)2·12H2O). © 2016, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society.
Keyword:
Reprint 's Address:
Email:
Source :
JOM
ISSN: 1047-4838
Year: 2016
Issue: 10
Volume: 68
Page: 2653-2658
1 . 8 6
JCR@2016
2 . 1 0 0
JCR@2023
ESI HC Threshold:324
JCR Journal Grade:1
CAS Journal Grade:2
Cited Count:
SCOPUS Cited Count: 14
ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 0 Unfold All
WanFang Cited Count:
Chinese Cited Count:
30 Days PV: 2
Affiliated Colleges: