Thermal decomposition mechanism of low-content-fluorite Bayan Obo rare earth concentrate roasted with sodium carbonate and its consequent separation study  

作　　者：Dan Zou Ji Chen Jiashi Hu Kai Li Deqian Li 

机构地区：[1]State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resources Utilization,Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Changchun 130022,China [2]University of Science and Technology of China,Hefei 230026,China [3]College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,Inner Mongolia University,Hohhot 010021,China

出　　处：《Journal of Rare Earths》2020年第9期994-1002,I0003,共10页稀土学报（英文版）

基　　金：Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2012CBA1202);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51174184);the Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(KGZD-EW-201-1)。

摘　　要：Thermal decomposition and phase transformation for the mixture of Bayan Obo rare earth concentrate(BORC)and sodium carbonate(Na2CO3)roasted at different temperatures with weight ratio of 100:20 were studied in detail in our study.The aim of our study is to reveal the nature of roasting reaction between BORC and Na2CO3 and thus providing a new method for processing BORC.The results indicate that BORC can be decomposed completely with Na2CO3 at around 600℃after 3 h.During the calcination process,Ce0.5Nd0.5O1.75,NaF,Na3PO4,and a rare earth double phosphate phase Na3RE(PO4)2 are formed after the decomposition of BORC with Na2CO3.In addition,the thermal decomposition mechanism is determined in the paper.Based on these facts,a clean technique processing BORC was developed.And a CeF3 powder,whose composition was measured and stability was also evaluated,was obtained for some potential application from the new technique.This research is of significance in terms of the Na2CO3-roasting BORC solid reaction study and sheds a light on a potential clean technique for BORC.

关 键 词：Thermal decomposition mechanism Bayan Obo RE concentrate NA2CO3 Technique CeF3 Rare earths 

分 类 号：TF845[冶金工程—有色金属冶金]