Report of Investigations 7671: Separation of Columbium, Tantalum, Titanium, and Zirconium from Titanium Chlorination Residues

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• Personal Author:
  Couch, Dwight E. ; Merrill, Carl C.
• Corporate Authors:
  United States. Bureau of Mines
• Description:
  Columbium, tantalum, titanium, and zirconium are present in solid-waste products generated by the chlorination of the rutile used in the production of titanium tetrachloride (ticl4). The columbium and tantalum were separated from titanium and zirconium by liquid-liquid extraction techniques using a secondary amine. Salts of these elements are in a leach liquor produced by water leaching of mineral waste from the chlorination of rutile. This waste, produced at the rate of approximately 50,000 tons per year, is about 40 wt pct water soluble. Leach liquors, separated by filtration, were further separated into a solid fraction and a liquid fraction by pressure hydrolysis. The solid fraction containing cb, ta, ti, and zr was dissolved in hcl-hf and used as a feed solution. Columbium and tantalum were removed from the organic extractant with 1 n hcl. A miniature 10-stage reactor showed that the columbium and tantalum present in solution could be separated with a continuous flow. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Minerals Mining Occupational Health Safety Titanium
• Keywords:
  Elements Hydrolysis Solid Waste Tantalum Titanium Dioxide Waste Treatment Zirconium
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Report of Investigations
• ISSN:
  1066-5552 (print)
• Publisher:
  United States. Bureau of Mines
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Case Report
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  BCEL - Boulder City Engineering Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  12 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10008919
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-211935
• Citation:
  NTIS: PB 211 935, 1972; :1-8
• CAS Registry Number:
  Niobium (CAS RN 7440-03-1) ; Tantalum (CAS RN 7440-25-7) ; Titania (CAS RN 13463-67-7) ; Titanium (CAS RN 7440-32-6) ; Titanium tetrachloride (CAS RN 7550-45-0) ; Zirconium (CAS RN 7440-67-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1972
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NTIS: PB 211 935
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:bfd1d29f5a2bc80b96eafb6b7759daf8b6cd42ab52ff933e3554b2356fc66257b1ba9aa2d8cc57cdafc1d1ab99ed3d9cc12db4aad56fc89dc4693ca95a2a59a9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201932/cdc_201932_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.22 MB ]