Separation and recovery of iron and scandium from acid leaching solution of red mud using D201 resin  

作　　者：Xuekai Zhang Kanggen Zhou Yehuizi Wu Qingyuan Lei Changhong Peng Wei Chen 

机构地区：[1]School of Metallurgy and Environment,Central South University,Changsha 410083,China

出　　处：《Journal of Rare Earths》2020年第12期1322-1329,共8页稀土学报（英文版）

基　　金：Project supported by the Natural National Science Foundation of China(21707167)。

摘　　要：Red mud is a byproduct of alumina refining of bauxite ores,and is a significant source for extracting scandium.However,a large amount of iron in red mud makes it difficult to recover scandium because Fe(III) and Sc(Ⅲ) have similar physicochemical properties.In this study,a new method was developed for selective separation of iron and scandium in acid leachate of red mud using D201 resin.Theoretical calculations indicate that the ferric species mainly exists as FeCl3 or FeCl4-at chloride concentration above 6.65 mol/L,while scandium still exists as SCl2+,making it possible to selectively separate iron fro m scandium through anion resin adso rption.The factors affecting the adso rption of iron and scandium such as chloride conce ntratio n,resin dosage,adso rption time,and temperature were evaluated in batch experiments,The Langmuir model was successfully applied to both iron and scandium adsorption,and the maximum adsorption capacities of iron and scandium are 147.06 and 0.95 mg/g,respectively,indicating a significant difference between iron and scandium.Raman analysis further demonstrates that the iron is adsorbed onto D201 resin as FeCl4 anion.

关 键 词：Red mud Resource recovery IRON SCANDIUM Ion exchange Rare earths 

分 类 号：X758[环境科学与工程—环境工程]