MAGNESIUM, TITANIUM, RARE METALS, SEMICONDUCTORS | |
Название | Extraction of gallium from alkaline solutions of alumina production |
Автор | Rubinshteyn G. М., Pasechnik L. А., Yatsenko S. P., Pyagay I. N. |
Информация об авторе | Institute of Solid State Chemistry of Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia: G. M. Rubinshteyn, Senior Researcher, phone: +7 (343) 374-53-14 L. A. Pasechnik, Senior Researcher S. P. Yatsenko, Professor, Head of Laboratory I. N. Pyagay, Senior Researcher |
Реферат | This article shows the analysis of gallium production methods, together with a brief overview of existing gallium production and application. Rapidly progressing electronic industry is a main consumer of gallium compounds. In Russia this metal is produced at the Pikalevo Alumina Refinery. Production of gallium at Ural alumina plant was liquidated. In the world practice, there was applied the electrolysis on mercury cathode or cementation with sodium amalgam. However, nowadays this technology is not used in France and Hungary because of high toxicity of mercury. Cementation and electrocementation on aluminum gallama are widely applied for purified solutions. This method is used as initial technology at the plant in Pavlodar (Kazakhstan). Sorption concentration with subsequent cementation by aluminum gallama was applied at the plant in Nikolaev (Ukraine). The plants, where alkaline aluminate solutions are neutralized by treatment in exhausting furnace gases, use carbonizing concentration of gallium, followed by cementation on aluminum gallama. This work reports about the advantages of gallium concentration by electrochemical extraction with carrier on water-cooled solid cathodes from sodium-aluminate Bayer solutions. There was designed the construction of electrolyzer with unit capacity of 1,000 kg of gallium per year, using a rectifying installation with non-stationary pulse current. The stages of subsequent cementation finishing and refining of rough gallium via vacuum thermal treatment of final metal are described. The gallium process flowsheet and hardware scheme are presented. This technology has been tested for many years. It makes possible to produce 6N grade gallium and promotes the reduction of concentration of impurities in aluminate solutions. The work was carried out with the support of the programs of Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (projects No. 13-P-3-1016 (13-П-3-1016), No. 13-3-030-SG (13-3-030-СГ)). |
Ключевые слова | Gallium, elecrtochemical extraction, behavior of impurities, cementation, metal refinement |
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Language of full-text | английский |
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