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WO1986004614A1
WO1986004614A1 PCT/AU1986/000018 AU8600018W WO8604614A1 WO 1986004614 A1 WO1986004614 A1 WO 1986004614A1 AU 8600018 W AU8600018 W AU 8600018W WO 8604614 A1 WO8604614 A1 WO 8604614A1
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David Hughes Jenkins
Martin Richard Houchin
Hari Narayan Sinha
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
    • C22B34/00—Obtaining refractory metals
    • C22B34/10—Obtaining titanium, zirconium or hafnium
    • C22B34/14—Obtaining zirconium or hafnium
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    • C01G—COMPOUNDS CONTAINING METALS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C01D OR C01F
    • C01G25/00—Compounds of zirconium
    • C01G25/02—Oxides
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  • This invention relates to a process for obtaining high 'purity zirconia (ZrO overlap) from zirconiferous materials, and is particularly concerned with the production of zirconia from dissociated zircon by 5 sulphuric acid* leaching.
  • zircon zircon (ZrSiO.) and many methods have been developed for the production of zirconia and other zirconium compounds from this mineral. The selection
  • the presently used processes involve either chemical or thermal decomposition of zircon to produce a mixture of zirconia and silica (or compounds
  • Chemical decomposition of zircon can be accomplished by sintering with alkali or alkaline earth oxides.
  • Sodium hydroxide or sodium carbonate are usually used for this purpose and the reaction can be controlled to produce a product consisting of sodium zirconate and sodium silicate.
  • This product is then leached with water to dissolve the sodium silicate and hydrolyse the sodium zirconate to crude hydrous zirconia, which is then further purified.
  • the crude zirconia may be dissolved in hydrochloric acid followed by sulphuric acid and reprecipitated as zirconium sulphate (e.g. ,
  • Zircon can also be completely dissociated by heating at temperatures in excess of 1800°C, for example using a plasma arc furnace.
  • zircon sand When zircon sand is injected into the plasma arc, it melts and dissociates into zirconia and silica. On rapid cooling, solidification occurs with the formation of extremely small zirconia crystallites in an amorphous silica matrix.
  • Dissociation of zircon can also be accomplished by heating in a conventional electric furnace (operating at about 2000°C) or in a so-called “advanced electric reactor” (AER) furnace operating at about 2400°C. Furnaces of this latter type are described in International Patent Publication No. WO 85/04158 and the references cited therein.
  • the dissociated zircon product may then be chemically treated to separate the zirconia from the silica.
  • the thermal-dissociation/alkali-leach process suffers from two main disadvantages. Firstly, the product seldom contains more than 99.4% ZrO_ and must be further purified for uses requiring very high purity. Additionally, while the by-product of alkaline leaching, sodium metasilicate has a ready market in some countries for the detergent industry, there is little demand for it in Australia and disposal thus presents further problems.
  • Japanese Patent Publication No. 23975/1969 describes a process for producing high purity zirconia which involves
  • the overall yield of the process is 80-90% based on the zirconia content of the starting ore.
  • This procedure can also be applied, with advantage, to the leaching of other zirconiferous materials, such as baddeleyite, or impure zirconia from natural or artificial sources, such as partially-leached zirconia, for example as produced by alkali leaching of thermally-dissociated zircon.
  • other zirconiferous materials such as baddeleyite, or impure zirconia from natural or artificial sources, such as partially-leached zirconia, for example as produced by alkali leaching of thermally-dissociated zircon.
  • Such caustic-treated materials may also be treated by the method of the present invention.
  • the present invention provides a process for the production of high-purity zirconia, which comprises the steps of leaching dissociated zircon or other zirconiferous material with concentrated sulphuric acid, and thereafter separating the resulting zirconium- containing product from silica or any other unattacked impurity, characterized in that water formed during the leaching reaction is continuously removed from the system.
  • the water removal is effected in such a way as to maintain the sulphuric acid concentration at a substantially constant concentration of about 98%, so that the leaching temperature can be maintained in a range from about 300°C to the maximum boiling point of the concentrated acid, preferably in the range 320°C ⁇ 5°C.
  • Zirconia can then be recovered from the zirconium sulphate produced during leaching by methods known per se, or by those described hereinafter.
  • grinding may be unnecessary.
  • zircon dissociated using the AER furnace can usually be satisfactorily leached without grinding.
  • anhydrous zirconium sulphate and silica may be carried out by filtration or any other suitable known method.
  • the excess acid may be filtered from the solid anhydrous zirconium sulphate and silica (and any unreacted dissociated zircon) .
  • the solid mixture of silica and anhydrous zirconium sulphate may be leached with water to dissolve the zirconium sulphate which is then separated from the silica, by filtration.
  • the resulting solution is treated to precipitate hydrated zirconium sulphate, e.g., by evaporation and/or other adjustment of the sulphate/water ratio.
  • a measured amount of water can be added to the reaction products prior to the removal of the excess acid. Addition of water to the acid slurry generates heat and dissolves the anhydrous zirconium sulphate.
  • the hot zirconium sulphate solution may be filtered from the silica (and any unreacted dissociated zircon) . On cooling, the filtrate deposits hydrated zirconium sulphate.
  • the hydrated zirconium sulphate product is usually mainly in the form of the tetrahydrate.
  • This product can be pyrolyzed to produce high purity zirconia and sulphur trioxide, which can be recycled, to the leaching stage, if desired.
  • An alternative method of producing zirconia from zirconium sulphate solution is to adjust the solution pH, e.g., by using ammonia, urea or sodium hydroxide, to precipitate hydrated zirconium oxide which on calcination gives zirconia.
  • Dissociated zircon used for reaction 1 2 4 1 2 4
  • a leaching test using PDZ (-75+45 ym) was' performed as described in Example 1. After 4 hours at constant temperature, heating was terminated and the suspension filtered. The solid residue was treated with distilled water to dissolve the zirconium sulphate. The water-insoluble silica and unreacted dissociated zircon were filtered from the zirconium sulphate solution which was then evaporated at its boiling point under atmospheric pressure until crystallization commenced. Crystallization was completed by allowing the solution to cool. The Zr(SO.) r..4H-.0 crystals were filtered, washed with acetone, dried at 100°C, then calcined at 950°C to produce high-purity zirconia (ZrO ⁇ ) .
  • a typical product contained the following levels of impurities (ppm) : Si0 2 , 100; Al 2 0 3 , 220; Fe 2 0, , 130; and i0 2 , 90.
  • a leaching test using lOOg of PDZ (-75 + 45ym) was performed as described in Example 1. After 4 hours at constant temperature, heating was terminated and the suspension filtered. The solid residue was treated with 260g of water to dissolve the zirconium sulphate. The water-insoluble silica and unreacted dissociated zircon were filtered from the zirconium sulphate solution. 370g of 98% H 2 S0 4 was added to the filtrate to effect quantitative crystallization of Zr(S0 4 ) 2 .4H 2 0. EXAMPLE 4
  • a leaching test using lOOg of PDZ (-75 + 45 ⁇ m) was performed as described in Example 1. After 4 hours at constant temperature, heating was terminated and the suspension allowed to cool. 150g of water was then added to the stirred suspension to dissolve the zirconium sulphate. The resulting hot suspension was filtered to remove the water insoluble silica and unreacted dissociated zircon. On cooling, the filtrate deposited Zr(SO.) doctrine.4H 2 0 crystals quantitatively.

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Un procédé de production de zircone très pure comprend le lessivage de zircone dissociée ou d'autres matériaux zirconifères à l'acide sulfurique concentré et ensuite la séparation du produit résultant, contenant du zirconium, de la silice non affectée. Le procédé se caractérise par le fait que l'eau formée pendant la réaction de lessivage est continuellement évacuée du système, de préférence en utilisant un condensateur à reflux refroidi à l'air pour maintenir la température dans une plage allant de 300o environ jusqu'au point maximal d'ébullition.
PCT/AU1986/000018 1985-02-01 1986-01-29 Procede de production de zircone tres pure Ceased WO1986004614A1 (fr)

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WO1988003128A1 (fr) * 1986-10-28 1988-05-05 Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Or Procede de production de sulfate de zirconium
AU680711B2 (en) * 1994-03-04 1997-08-07 Iluka Midwest Limited Zircon treatment
WO2000075075A1 (fr) * 1999-06-07 2000-12-14 University Of Pretoria Enrichissement du zircon
WO2002072899A3 (fr) * 2001-03-08 2003-01-23 Cms Entpr Dev L L C Procede et systeme servant a recuperer des valeurs de zirconium d'un minerai de roche dure contenant uranium

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US1502422A (en) * 1921-08-10 1924-07-22 Kemet Lab Co Inc Zirconium containing composition and process of making the same
US1618286A (en) * 1925-04-22 1927-02-22 Titanium Alloy Mfg Co Zirconium compound and method of making same
AU224798B2 (en) * 1957-04-18 1959-10-21 British Titan Products Company Limited treatment of zirconiferous materials

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AU224798B2 (en) * 1957-04-18 1959-10-21 British Titan Products Company Limited treatment of zirconiferous materials

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WO1988003128A1 (fr) * 1986-10-28 1988-05-05 Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Or Procede de production de sulfate de zirconium
AU680711B2 (en) * 1994-03-04 1997-08-07 Iluka Midwest Limited Zircon treatment
WO2000075075A1 (fr) * 1999-06-07 2000-12-14 University Of Pretoria Enrichissement du zircon
US7063824B1 (en) 1999-06-07 2006-06-20 University Of Pretoria Beneficiation of zircon
WO2002072899A3 (fr) * 2001-03-08 2003-01-23 Cms Entpr Dev L L C Procede et systeme servant a recuperer des valeurs de zirconium d'un minerai de roche dure contenant uranium

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