Thermal treatment for the separation of phosphate and recovery of rare earth metals (REMs) from Korean monazite

•Effective process for separation and recovery of rare earth metals.•Alkaline thermal treatment under optimized condition is used to dephosphorize monazite.•99% phosphate was separated and recovered as value added product of sodium tri-phosphate.•The oxide of rare earth concentrate was leached in ch...

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Published in:Journal of industrial and engineering chemistry (Seoul, Korea) 2015, 21(1), , pp.696-703
Main Authors: Kumari, Archana, Panda, Rekha, Jha, Manis Kumar, Lee, Jin Young, Kumar, J. Rajesh, Kumar, Vinay
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Conversion
Density
Differential thermal analysis
HCl
Korean monazite
Monazite
Oxides
Phosphates
Phosphorus
Precipitation
Rare earth metals (REMs)
Recovery
Roasting
Solvent extraction
TG/DTA
화학공학
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Summary:•Effective process for separation and recovery of rare earth metals.•Alkaline thermal treatment under optimized condition is used to dephosphorize monazite.•99% phosphate was separated and recovered as value added product of sodium tri-phosphate.•The oxide of rare earth concentrate was leached in chloride medium to recover high percentage of rare earth metals. Systematic study for thermal decomposition of monazite to remove phosphate as a valuable product using Na2CO3 and NaOH roasting processes to validate the TG/DTA studies is reported here. Monazite in 1:1wt. ratio with Na2CO3 and NaOH requires a temperature of 900°C and 400°C, respectively, for 120min in order to achieve complete conversion of rare earth phosphate into its oxides. The roasted mass was washed, dried and leached in 6M HCl for 2h, pulp density 30g/L at 80°C which results in >90% REMs recovery. Leach liquor generated will be further processed by solvent extraction and precipitation processes.
ISSN:1226-086X
1876-794X
DOI:10.1016/j.jiec.2014.03.039