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Liquid-Liquid Separation of Fine Zircon-Alumina Mixtures for Abrasives Recycling

  • Yoshihiro Kanemitsu
  • , Li Pang Wang
  • , Gjergj Dodbiba
  • , Toyohisa Fujita

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Abstract

A liquid-liquid separation method using aqueous and oil phases has been put forward for separation of fine zircon-alumina mixtures to recycle abrasives waste. By using a cation surfactant, zircon particles were made hydrophobic and extracted into the oil phase, whereas alumina remained in the aqueous phase. In this way, the fine zircon-alumina mixtures could be well separated. The result confirmed that the liquid-liquid separation method can be used to separate the fine zircon-alumina mixtures achieving relatively high grade and recovery.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)81-84
Number of pages4
JournalResources Processing
Volume59
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012

Keywords

  • Abrasives
  • Alumina
  • Iso-octane
  • Liquid-liquid separation
  • Zircon

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