Leaching of rare earths and aluminum in weathered crust elutiondeposited rare earth ore using magnesium sulfate:Effect of aluminum content in leaching agent solution  

作　　者：Depeng Liu Weiqiang Yin Zheng Li Jiaxin Pan Longsheng Zhao Chunmei Wang 

机构地区：[1]National Engineering Research Center for Rare Earth,GRIREM Advanced Materials Co.,Ltd.Beijing,100088,China [2]GRIREM Hi-Tech Co.,Ltd.,Langfang,065201,China [3]GRIMAT Engineering Institute Co.,Ltd.,Beijing,100088,China [4]Rare Earth Functional Materials(Xiong'an)Innovation Center Co.,Ltd.,Xiong'an,071700,China

出　　处：《Journal of Rare Earths》2025年第1期191-198,I0007,共9页稀土学报(英文版)

基　　金：Project supported by the Major Research Plan of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(91962211);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFC2902202);the Key Research and Development Program of Guangxi Province(Guike-AB22080056)。

摘　　要：Aluminum is the main impurity of the weathered crust elution-deposited rare earth ore(WCED-REO).Efficient leaching of rare earths and low leaching of aluminum are of great importance for the leaching of the WCED-REO.The effects of pH,MgSO_(4) concentration and Al^(3+)concentration of the leaching agent solution on the column leaching behaviors of WCED-REO using magnesium sulfate were investigated.Experimental data show that controlling the MgSO_(4) concentration to 0.15 mol/L,pH of the leaching agent solution to 2,the leaching amount of aluminum from the rare earth ore gradually decreases with the increase of Al^(3+)concentration in the leaching agent solution,indicating that Al^(3+)in the leaching agent solution may act as leaching agent to participate in the ion exchange of RE3+,but the leaching amounts of rare earths change insignificantly as the Al^(3+)concentration is increased.Increasing the MgSO_(4) concentration is beneficial to the leaching of aluminum,and when the Al^(3+)concentration is 0.04 mol/L(Al accumulation),the amount of Al^(3+)leached from the rare earth ore increased gradually with increasing the MgSO_(4) concentration.The pH of the leaching agent solution has a significant influence on the leaching of aluminum in the rare earth ore,and the leaching amount of aluminum from the rare earth ore increases gradually with decreasing the pH.When the Al^(3+)conce ntration is 0.04 mol/L(Al accumulation)and the pH of the leaching agent solution is above 2.0,the aluminum in the leaching agent solution can be back-adsorbed onto the rare earth ore,and the amount of the back-adsorbed Al^(3+)increases with increasing the pH of the leaching agent solution.The injection rate of the leaching agent solution has slight effect on the leaching behavior of rare earths and aluminum.In summary,leaching of Al^(3+)and consumption of MgSO_(4) can be reduced by regulating the accumulation of aluminum,MgSO_(4) concentration and pH.

关 键 词：Weathered crust elution-deposited rare earth ore RAREEARTHS Magnesium sulfate Rare earth leaching ALUMINUM Back-adsorption 

分 类 号：TF845[冶金工程—有色金属冶金] TF821