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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Coupled Preparation of Ferronickel and Cementitious Material from Laterite Nickel Ores.

Ruimeng Shi, Xiaoming Li, Yaru Cui, Junxue Zhao, Chong Zou, Guibao Qiu

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Ruimeng ShiSchool of Metallurgical Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China.
Xiaoming LiSchool of Metallurgical Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China.
Yaru CuiSchool of Metallurgical Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China.
Junxue ZhaoSchool of Metallurgical Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China.
Chong ZouSchool of Metallurgical Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China.
Guibao QiuCollege of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 51874224Project of young talents in basic research of Natural Science in Shaanxi Province 2014JQ7282
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nickel slags can be produced through ferronickel preparation by the pyrometallurgical processing of laterite nickel ores; however, such techniques are underutilized at present, and serious environmental problems arise from the stockpiling of such nickel ores. In this study, a modification to the process of ferronickel preparation by the direct reduction of carbon bases in laterite nickel ores is proposed. The gangue from the ore is used as a raw material to prepare a cementitious material, with the main components of tricalcium silicate and tricalcium aluminate. By using FactSage software, thermodynamic calculations are performed to analyze the reduction of nickel and iron and the effect of reduction on the formation of tricalcium silicate and tricalcium aluminate. The feasibility of a coupled process to prepare ferronickel and cementitious materials by the direct reduction of laterite nickel ore and gangue calcination, respectively, is discussed under varying thermodynamic conditions. Different warming strategies are applied to experimentally verify the coupled reactions. The coupled preparation of ferronickel and cementitious materials with calcium silicate and calcium aluminate as the main phases in the same experimental process is realized.

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C3A (tricalcium aluminate)C3S (tricalcium silicate)cementitious materialferronickellaterite nickel oreprocess coupling

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PMID33167579
PMCPMC7664209

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