The effect of atmosphere on the removal of iron oxide from “Ohata clay”, mainly composed of kaolin minerals, was studied by using sodium dithionite-sulfuric acid system.
The removal treatment of iron oxide from clays is commonly carried out in air, while in this case, sodium dithionite is reacted not only with iron oxide in clay but with the oxygen dissolved in clay suspension and the air mingled into clay suspension during agitation. Therefore the efficiency of reducing agent for the reduction of iron oxide is lowered.
In this experiment the reaction chamber was operated in three different atmospheric conditions, that is, in air, under inert gas and under deaired condition and the influence of those conditions on the extraction of iron oxide from clay was examined.
Under deaired condition, it was found that reducing agent was the most effective in the extraction of iron oxide from clay, with the solution of pH values from 2 to 3.
The amount of the iron oxide extracted by the treatment was about 60 percent and sulfur produced was very small in amount after the removal treatment of iron oxide.
Using the reducing agent enclosed by geratin capsule, the operation was simplified and the reduction efficency was increased.
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