Specialized metallurgical processes – compositions for use therei – Processes – Electrothermic processes
Patent
1979-11-05
1981-06-23
Lewis, Michael L.
Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therei
Processes
Electrothermic processes
75 80, 75103, 75121, 209167, 423 49, 423DIG4, B03D 102, C22B 116
Patent
active
042748666
ABSTRACT:
A process in which manganese is recovered from manganese nodules after the nodules have been treated to recover base metals such as copper, nickel, cobalt, and molybdenum. The process includes the steps of reacting the manganese in the nodules to yield a carbonate and subjecting the manganese carbonate to flotation. The manganese carbonate froth is collected from the top of a flotation cell, is dried to produce a manganese concentrate, and is sintered to produce a synthetic manganese oxide. Sintering of such concentrates at 1000.degree. C. yields a product containing greater than 50% manganese.
The effect of reagent dosage, pH control, and temperature control on the yield of the synthetic manganese oxide is also disclosed.
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Lai Ralph W. M.
Owen Edwin L.
Kennecott Copper Corporation
Lewis Michael L.
Lorusso Anthony M.
Sniado John L.
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