《A study on the rare earth ore containing scandium by high gradient magnetic separation》.pdfVIP

JOURNAL OF RARE EARTHS, Vol. 28, No. 4, Aug. 2010, p. 622 A study on the rare earth ore containing scandium by high gradient magnetic separation GAO Likun (高利坤), CHEN Yun (陈 云) (Faculty of Land Resources Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China) Received 18 June 2009; revised 13 April 2010 Abstract: Scandium (Sc) concentration from the rare earth ore by high gradient magnetic separation (HGMS) was determined on the basis of Sc content, geophysical parameter determination and the magnetic analyses of the ore. Based on the condition experiments, expanding ex- periments were carried out. The results showed that the ore had a Sc grade of 48.90 g/t, and after removing iron by low-intensity magnetic separation, a Sc concentrate of 314.89 g/t grade and with 77.53% recovery was obtained by one-stage roughing-one-stage cleaning of high gradient magnetic separation. Most of the rare earth elements were enriched in the Sc concentrate, and some could be comprehensively re- covered during Sc extraction. It was therefore concluded that most of the rare earth elements in the weakly magnetic minerals could be effec- tively enriched by high gradient magnetic separation. Keywords: scandium; high gradient magnetic separation; rare earths Scandium (Sc) has wide applications in the field of chemi- As listed in Tables 1–3, the mineral is a rare earth ore in cal industry, glassware, spaceflight, nuclear technology, laser, which the content of Sc is about 48.90 g/t. The contents of computer power, superconductor, medical treatment and so the elements of Y, Nb, La, and Ce are relatively high. The on[1]. With the development of material science, more and value of Sc is the highest in the rare earth ore, and the main more Sc is used as additive element in new-type aluminium