OPTIMIZATION OF REDUCTION PROCESS OF EGYPTIAN ILMENITE VIA METALLOTHERMIC REACTIONS

Authors

A. Daher, Nuclear Materials Authority, Cairo, Egypt
N. Badawy, Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University (Girls), Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt
Waleed Mohrez, Nuclear Materials Authority, Cairo, Egypt
Abdallh abbel-Hamid, Nuclear Materials Authority, Cairo, Egypt
A. yossef, Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University (Girls), Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt
A. Abd El Pasir, Nuclear Materials Authority, Cairo, Egypt

Corresponding Author

Daher, A.

Document Type

Original Article

Subject Areas

Chemistry

Keywords

Aluminothermic; Egyptian ilmenite; flux; ferrotitanium; master alloy

Abstract

It is important to develop technologies for the production of master alloys for industrial applications. Detailed research on reduction of titanium from Egyptian ilmenite by an aluminothermic process in a graphite Crucible was charged by the mixture of ilmenite, flux, aluminum was investigated. This paper study the effect of aluminum feed (10% - 35%), flux material (type, and amount), and temperature preheat from 50 oC to 400 oC and time of preheating from 0.5 hr. to 3 hrs. Then, the metallic samples formed by the reduction were analyzed using X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy. The mixed fluxes were strongly and successfully reduced ilmenite to a high-purity master alloy with small amounts of detected impurities.

How to Cite This Article

Daher, A.; Badawy, N.; Mohrez, Waleed; abbel-Hamid, Abdallh; yossef, A.; and Abd El Pasir, A. (2018) "OPTIMIZATION OF REDUCTION PROCESS OF EGYPTIAN ILMENITE VIA METALLOTHERMIC REACTIONS," Al-Azhar Bulletin of Science: Vol. 29: Iss. 1, Article 3.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21608/absb.2018.33748