LAPSE:2020.0912
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LAPSE:2020.0912
Mechanism, Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Rutile Leaching Process by Sulfuric Acid Reactions
Anastasiia V. Dubenko, Mykola V. Nikolenko, Eugene V. Aksenenko, Andrii Kostyniuk, Blaž Likozar
August 5, 2020
Rutile decomposition by sulfuric acid, including the formation of two salts, Ti(SO4)2/TiOSO4, is thermodynamically modelled. It is shown that TiO2 can spontaneously dissolve in H2SO4 solutions. However, titania is considered as an inert (ballast) phase component of titanium-containing raw materials due to the decelerated separate nature of such chemical transformations. It is concluded that the hampered related kinetics of dissolution can be attributed to the lability of Ti(IV) cations/the specific engineered features of the hierarchical crystalline structure. It is suggested that the breaking of Ti−O−Ti bonds without additional mechanical strains in crystal lattice geometry becomes more advantageous when smaller negative anions/fluoride ions can be used. The analysis of sulfate-fluoride extraction leaching of titanium confirmed that a decrease in the Gibbs energy in the presence of F occurs. It is indicated by kinetic research studies that the addition of corrosive sodium reagent (NaF) reduces the activation by 45 kJ/mol, which results in intensification. A mechanism is proposed for the interactions involving the Ti−O−Ti cleavage on the surface/the H2SO4-induced Ti dioxide degradation on the sites of defects. Moreover, F acts as a homogeneous/heterogeneous bifunctional catalyst.
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altered ilmenite, chemical kinetics, equilibrium Gibbs free energy, fluoride ions, homogeneous–heterogeneous catalysis, leaching, rutile, sulfuric acid, thermodynamic parameter evaluation, titanium dioxide
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Dubenko AV, Nikolenko MV, Aksenenko EV, Kostyniuk A, Likozar B. Mechanism, Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Rutile Leaching Process by Sulfuric Acid Reactions. (2020). LAPSE:2020.0912
Author Affiliations
Dubenko AV: Faculty of Chemical Technologies and Ecology, Ukrainian State University of Chemical Technology, Gagarin Avenue 8, 49005 Dnipro, Ukraine [ORCID]
Nikolenko MV: Faculty of Chemical Technologies and Ecology, Ukrainian State University of Chemical Technology, Gagarin Avenue 8, 49005 Dnipro, Ukraine
Aksenenko EV: Department of Electrochemistry and Adsorption on Mineral Sorbents, Institute of Colloid Chemistry and Chemistry of Water, Vernadsky Boulevard 42, 03680 Kyiv, Ukraine
Kostyniuk A: Department of Catalysis and Chemical Reaction Engineering, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia [ORCID]
Likozar B: Department of Catalysis and Chemical Reaction Engineering, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia; Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Večna pot 113, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia [ORCID]
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Processes
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8
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6
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E640
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2020
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2020-05-27
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2227-9717
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