Surface and structure characteristics of commercial K-Feldspar powders: Effects of temperature and leaching media

doi:10.1016/j.cjche.2018.11.016

Abstract

Abstract: This study presents morphological and structural variations of K-Feldspar mineral after acid treatment. Both organic and inorganic acids such as C₂H₂O₄, HCl, HNO₃ and H₂SO₄ were employed for this purpose. Another aim of this study was to find an optimum experimental condition for iron (Fe) removal with a minimum damage on the structure of K-Feldspar in which high whiteness index is obtained. The effect of different parameters such as concentration, pH and temperature on the final structure of this mineral was investigated. To find out the chemical composition of powder, XRF was utilized. FTIR, XRD and SEM were employed to study the structure of mineral. Spectrophotometry was chosen to analyze whiteness index of powder after acid treatment. It was found that O—Al—O bond at 647 cm^-1 for H₂SO₄ and HNO₃ treated sample disappeared. However, HCl and C₂H₂O₄ were ineffective at this band. In addition, the results revealed an increase in K-Feldspar content, a decrease in Fe content, an increase in whiteness index and no significant structural change for C₂H₂O₄ leached sample. Whiteness index of 91% was obtained for C₂H₂O₄ leached sample with the pH of 2.5 to 3 at temperature of 50℃ and during 1 h.

Key words: K-Feldspar, Iron oxide, Organic and inorganic acids, FTIR

摘要： This study presents morphological and structural variations of K-Feldspar mineral after acid treatment. Both organic and inorganic acids such as C₂H₂O₄, HCl, HNO₃ and H₂SO₄ were employed for this purpose. Another aim of this study was to find an optimum experimental condition for iron (Fe) removal with a minimum damage on the structure of K-Feldspar in which high whiteness index is obtained. The effect of different parameters such as concentration, pH and temperature on the final structure of this mineral was investigated. To find out the chemical composition of powder, XRF was utilized. FTIR, XRD and SEM were employed to study the structure of mineral. Spectrophotometry was chosen to analyze whiteness index of powder after acid treatment. It was found that O—Al—O bond at 647 cm^-1 for H₂SO₄ and HNO₃ treated sample disappeared. However, HCl and C₂H₂O₄ were ineffective at this band. In addition, the results revealed an increase in K-Feldspar content, a decrease in Fe content, an increase in whiteness index and no significant structural change for C₂H₂O₄ leached sample. Whiteness index of 91% was obtained for C₂H₂O₄ leached sample with the pH of 2.5 to 3 at temperature of 50℃ and during 1 h.

关键词: K-Feldspar, Iron oxide, Organic and inorganic acids, FTIR

Hamed Salimkhani, Tohid Joodi, Aidin Bordbar-Khiabani, Ali Motei Dizaji, Behnam Abdolalipour, Ali Azizi. Surface and structure characteristics of commercial K-Feldspar powders: Effects of temperature and leaching media[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2020, 28(1): 307-317.

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