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- Title
Experimental Investigation on the Purification of Natural Flake Graphite with Auxiliary Alkali-Acid Method.
- Authors
Liu, Huan; Yin, Jinling; Zhao, Jing; Wen, Qing; Li, Jiaye; Wang, Zebin; Li, Ze; Lei, Yang; Wang, Guiling
- Abstract
As a non-metallic material, high-purity graphite has been widely used in many high-tech fields and has become an important raw material for its production and processing. As the purity of graphite increases, its application value will also increase. Therefore, it is necessary to purify graphite. In this study, the natural flake graphite is purified by the additive-assisted alkali melting-acid leaching process to produce high-purity graphite. Alkali melting is the main process in the alkali-acid process. Therefore, this paper is mainly to explore the removal mechanism of impurities in the alkali melting process. First, the influence of various factors on the purification efficiency in the process of alkali melting is investigated. The fixed carbon content of graphite can reach 99.9815% and 99.9569%, respectively, when 4% (accounting for graphite mass) of sodium metaborate and potassium pyrosulfate is added as additives under the best process conditions. The results show that the crystal structure and morphology of graphite have no obvious changes. Compared with the traditional alkaline melting-acid leaching process, the carbon content of natural flake graphite can be increased to a higher level by an auxiliary alkaline melting-acid leaching process.
- Subjects
NONMETALLIC materials; MANUFACTURING processes; CRYSTAL morphology; RAW materials; CRYSTAL structure; CHEMICAL purification; GRAPHITE
- Publication
JOM: The Journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), 2024, Vol 76, Issue 5, p2586
- ISSN
1047-4838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11837-024-06493-7