A leaching technology on samples of Algerian quartz sand deposit has been investigated in order to obtain high-purity silica (SiO(2)) as raw material intended for …
Under optimal leaching conditions, the SiO 2 purity of silica sand increased to 97.42%. Following a three-stage acid leaching process with 4 mol/LHCl +2 mol/LH 2 C …
This study investigated purification process to increase the silica content of quartz sand using the one step leaching method using dilute hydrochloric acid and …
Subsequently, employing the "ultrasound-assisted fluorine-free acid leaching process," impurity elements were removed and high-purity silica was produced. Under optimal leaching conditions, the ...
In this article, a leaching study, carried out on a quartz sample to obtain high-purity silica sands, has been presented. A leaching process by using oxalic acid …
SiO 2 concentration increased from 96.3% in raw material to 98.3 and 98.8% after one-step and two-step leaching, respectively. Effectiveness of removing impurities increased from 54% by one step leaching method to 67.6% by two step leaching method.
The aim of this study is to show how the design of experiments method (DOE) could be used as a practical method to model silica sand etching behavior during the leaching process. In the present work we have studied the etching effect on the particle granulometric size during a primary step of the leaching process on Algerian silica …
The application of the above observations to silica sand column leaching gave very good results. The most important was the significant decrease of the leaching time with the addition of ferrous ions to the oxalate …
The aim of our research is to improve low-grade silica from quartz sand by removing impurities, especially aluminum and iron removal, using sulfuric acid leaching. In order to achieve the aim, the effect of reaction time and sulfuric acid concentration on the leaching process was investigated.
The silica used in this work is a natural one from the region of Siliana in Tunisia. Prior to thermal annealing, silica was dipped in an acid mixture solution, HCl:HNO 3 (AS1) with a volume proportion of 2:1 to remove metallic impurities located at the surface of silica grains. Then it was abundantly rinsed with deionized water and dried under …
Prepare of high-purity quartz using vein quartz by alkali corrosion and acid leaching processes was investigated in this study. Using alkali corrosion method, the impurities on the surface of quartz particles can be removed and the cracks on the quartz surface can be deepened and enlarged, accompanied by the existence of corrosion pits, …
This low content coupled with a remarkable percentage in silica of 97.98 %.The tests by attrition and leaching with 40 % of sulphuric acid show, on the one hand, significant results with a high ...
The present research is related to characterize Tebessa Algerian silica sand with several techniques, to provide briquetting process and to exploit it in the silicon metal production project for photovoltaic application. Acid leaching was used to remove the impurities especially iron and aluminium found in the silica sand. Eight experiments …
The research (project) work covers the process of the purification of silica sand by the hydrofluoric acid leaching method for glass production. Fresh samples of silica sand were collected from the study area Zawan Jos South local government plateau state. The physical properties and chemical composition of the silica sand sample were determined.
Section snippets Materials and methods. Raw material silica rock obtained from a site at Lojing, Gua Musang, Kelantan was subjected to H 2 SO 4 acid leaching treatment. Prior to the treatment, a jaw crusher was used for crushing the silica rock, and sieved to acquire a fraction of particle size of less than 75 µm. 100 g of fine silica rock …
Iron is a major impurity in quartz sand and must be strictly removed in many applications. However, the iron removal rate in most of the conventional purification process is not high enough. In this study, a fast, low-energy consuming, environment-friendly and simple process for purifying quartz is demonstrated by a combination of microwave …
A new process of extracting silica from laterite nickel ore by hydrothermal treatment with sodium hydroxide as reaction auxiliary agent was proposed. The mineralogical transformation and silicon extraction kinetics of laterite nickel ore in alkaline hydrothermal treatment were studied. The effects of reaction temperature (175 ~ 250℃), …
To obtain high-purity silica sands by using quartz vein ore from Dabie Mountain, Anhui province, China as raw material, this study investigated a quartz purification process that involves calcination, water quenching, flotation, acid leaching, and alcohol-deionised water cleaning procedures. The composition, particle size, phase, and …
In order to compare the efficacy of different leaching agents on silica sand, a comparative test was conducted under identical experimental conditions using H 2 SO 4 as the leaching agent. The silica sand sample was subjected to extraction with H 2 SO 4 acid at a concentration of 40%, a temperature of 35°C, and a leaching time of 6 hours.
Silica is one of the potential minerals to be developed and applied in various industrial fields. High purity of silica can be obtained by utilizing natural materials such as beach sand. In this research the solid-liquid extraction (leaching) method was used in three main steps. Bengkulu beach sand as precursors reacted with NaOH (alkaline fusion) at 95°C …
The SiO 2 purity of high-grade silica reached 99.51% after acid leaching process. ... Innovative technology for the production of high-purity sand silica by thermal treatment and acid leaching process. Hydrometallurgy, 185 (2019), pp. 204-209. View PDF View article View in Scopus Google Scholar
Abstract. The aim of this study is to show how the design of experiments method (DOE) could be used as a practical method to model silica sand etching …
The leaching of silica sand nanoparticles with a mixture of HCl and CH COOH further improved the weight percentage (wt.%) purity of silica 3 in Thal silica sand up to 96.60 wt.%. The beneficiated Thal silica sand nanoparticles were then reduced with Magnesium to o produce silicon particles at 900 C with and without the presence of argon atmosphere.
To enhance the recovery of silica, the removal of impurities from the silica rock was investigated. The leached specimens were characterized by wet method, …
Pre-treatment preparation of silica sand was carried out before the heap leaching process of lanthanum. Silica sand was crushed using a grinder to obtain the particle size of 48 mesh. The smaller size of silica sand can increase the surface area in order to increase the interaction between silica sand and H 2 SO 4 reagent will be
The kinetics of leaching silica sand in hydrochloric acid solution under conventional stirring and ultrasound-assisted conditions was studied. Acid concentration, temperature, stirring speed, ultrasound frequency and particle size had significant effects on the leaching rate while the influence of ultrasound power was negligible. The leaching …
Iron Removal Process for High-Purity Silica Sands Production by Oxalic Acid Leaching. F. Vegliò B. Passariello C. Abbruzzese. Materials Science. 1999. In this …
This study aimed to remove the contaminants in quartz sand by using an eco-friendly method and to obtain high-purity quartz. For this purpose, ultrasound-assisted acid leaching was applied. Equal amounts of a mixture of diluted hydrochloric and oxalic acids were used as the solvent. Response surface methodology (RSM) was used for …
The sand no untreated presents a peak at 2θ = 22.5°which corresponds to the compound of SiO2-x Alx (fig 1), Disappearance of the peak at 2θ = 22.5° in the case of leaching silica with HF(20%)
In our days obtaining silica sand with very high purity is a primordial stage in photovoltaic industry. The effects of acids on the removal of impurity from silica sand have been studied using leaching acids: mixture composed of HF/HCl/H 2 O with a volume composition of (1:7:24).The obtained material was characterized using Ultraviolet-Visible absorbance …