RECOVERY OF COMMERCIAL SUBSTANCES FROM APATITE MINERAL

A method for recovery of commercial substances from apatite mineral comprises dissolving (S10) of apatite mineral in an acid comprising hydrochloride. The dissolution gives a first liquid solution comprising phosphate, calcium and chloride ions. The first liquid solution is treated (S20) into a seco...

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Main Authors WESTLUND, Viktoria, ROYEN, Hugo, TUNSU, Cristian, VAN DER WERF, Angela, COHEN, Yariv
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 04.10.2023
Subjects
CHEMISTRY
COMPOUNDS OF THE METALS BERYLLIUM, MAGNESIUM, ALUMINIUM,CALCIUM, STRONTIUM, BARIUM, RADIUM, THORIUM, OR OF THERARE-EARTH METALS
COMPOUNDS THEREOF
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
METALLURGY
NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS
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Summary:A method for recovery of commercial substances from apatite mineral comprises dissolving (S10) of apatite mineral in an acid comprising hydrochloride. The dissolution gives a first liquid solution comprising phosphate, calcium and chloride ions. The first liquid solution is treated (S20) into a second liquid solution comprising calcium and chloride ions. This treatment in turn comprises extracting (S22) of a major part of the phosphate ions with an organic solvent. A bleed solution is removed (S30) from the second solution. Solid gypsum comprising at least 70% in a di-hydrate crystal form is precipitated (S40) from the second solution. This precipitation of solid gypsum comprises adding (S42) the second solution and sulfuric acid simultaneously into a continuous-stirred reactor in the presence of gypsum crystals. Thereby, the precipitation of solid gypsum gives a third liquid solution comprising hydrochloride. An arrangement for recovery of commercial substances from apatite mineral is also presented.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20210898803