METHOD OF A COMPLEX PROCESSING OF A METALLURGICAL SCRAP Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: metallurgy; hydrochemical methods of a complex processing of a multicomponent, polymetallic scrap.

SUBSTANCE: the invention is pertaining to the field of metallurgy, in particular, to the hydrochemical methods of a complex processing of a multicomponent, polymetallic scrap used in nonferrous metallurgy with extraction of valuable components and production of various commercial products. The technical result at reprocessing and neutralization of wastes of production of titanium tetrachloride consists in concentration of radioactive metals in the "head" of the process, transfer of the secondary wastes of production in an ecologically secure form suitable for a long-term entombment and-or storing, as well as in production of an additional commercial products - deficient and expensive black thermo- resistant inorganic pigments based on iron oxides, manganese and copper oxides. The method provides for a discharge of the spent melt of titanium chlorates into water; concentrating of a pulp by circulation; the pulp thickening; settling of metals oxyhydrates from the clarified solutions in succession in three stages: on the first stage - conduct a settling at pH = 3.-5.0 with separation of the formed settling of hydroxides of chrome, aluminum and scandium from the solution; on the second stage - conduct settling at presence of an oxidizing agent at pH = 2.5-3.5 within 20-50 hours with separation of the settling; on the third stage - conduct settling at pH = 9.5-11.0. The pulp at its circulation and concentration is added with sodium sulfite in amount of 5 - 15 g/dm³, then ^{after circulation the pulp is treated with a solution of barium chloride in amount of 10-20 g/dm3 for cosettling of ions of thorium and radium, in the formed pulp of the first stage of settling introduce a high-molecular flocculant, and before settling process on the third stage of the process the solution is previously mixed with copper(II)-containing solution formed after lixiviation of a fusion cake of the process of cleanout of the industrial titanium tetrachloride from vanadium oxychloride by copper powder, then the produced settling of iron, manganese and copper oxyhydrates is filtered off, cleansed, dried and calcined at the temperature of 400-700°C.}

EFFECT: the invention allows to concentrate radioactive metals in the "head" of the process, to transfer the process secondary wastes in the ecologically secure deficient and expensive black thermo-resistant inorganic pigments.

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