Influence of the Alkali-promoted phase transformation in monazite for selective recovery of rare-oxides using deep eutectic solventsShow others and affiliations
2022 (English)In: Minerals Engineering, ISSN 0892-6875, E-ISSN 1872-9444, Vol. 182, article id 107564Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The physico-chemical changes occurring during the high-temperature phase transformation of monazite in the presence of Na2CO3 at 1000 ◦C for 2 h duration at monazite: Na2CO3 ratios between 1.0 and 5.0, were investigated. The formation of sodium lanthanide phosphates was prevalent above a monazite:alkali ratio of 2, however, below this ratio, the dephosphorization of monazite as Na3PO4 and Ce1− xLnxO2− x/2 solid solutions occur offering unique selectivity for rare-earth oxide separation from the mineral matrix. Cyclic voltammetry of pure CeO2, La2O3, Nd2O3, and PrO2/Pr2O3 was carried out in the deep eutectic solvent Ethaline (1:2 mixture of choline chloride and ethylene glycol) proving the electrochemical activity of these oxides. Electrodissolution of pure oxides and water-leached monazite after high-temperature reaction with a ratio of 1:1 was carried out in a 0.1 mol/L glucose solution in Ethaline showing a preferential solubility of 23.85% for pure Nd2O3. In contrast, pure oxides of CeO2, La2O3 and PrO2/Pr2O3 were found to be insoluble. We also observed that electrodissolution of the water leached monazite was not possible because of the inert behaviour of Ce1− xLnxO2− x/2 solid solutions. Avoiding cerium oxidation during the high-temperature process will lead to a method for further selectivity for rare-earth oxide processing using staged electro-chemical winning of oxides.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2022. Vol. 182, article id 107564
Keywords [en]
Rare earth elements, High temperature reaction, Deep eutectic solvents, Selective extraction, Monazite, Electrodissolution
National Category
Materials Chemistry Energy Engineering
Research subject
Mineral Processing
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-90476DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2022.107564ISI: 000797835900004Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85130199733OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-90476DiVA, id: diva2:1654940
Note
Validerad;2022;Nivå 2;2022-05-01 (joosat);
Funder: NERC Minerals Security of Supply, SoS RARE grants (NE/M011429/1), (NE/M011267/1), (NE/M01147X/1); Tellurium and Selenium Cycling and Supply (TeaSe) grant (NE/M010848/1); NERC’s Catalyst Grant (NE/L002280/1)
2022-04-292022-04-292022-06-03Bibliographically approved