CN102382991A - Method for preparing lithium metal through vacuum hot reduction of iron - Google Patents

Method for preparing lithium metal through vacuum hot reduction of iron Download PDF

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CN102382991A
CN102382991A CN2011103414310A CN201110341431A CN102382991A CN 102382991 A CN102382991 A CN 102382991A CN 2011103414310 A CN2011103414310 A CN 2011103414310A CN 201110341431 A CN201110341431 A CN 201110341431A CN 102382991 A CN102382991 A CN 102382991A
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徐宝强
戴永年
樊粉霞
杨斌
刘大春
龙萍
王飞
邓勇
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曲涛
郁青青
李一夫
蒋文龙
陈建云
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The present invention relates to a method for preparing lithium metal through vacuum hot reduction of iron. Lithium carbonate with a purity which is larger than or equal with 98% is used as raw material. Iron powder with a purity which is larger than or equal with 98% is used as a reducing agent. The iron powder and the lithium carbonate are mixed. The mixture is prepared to pellet shape or sheet shape. Vacuumizing is performed on the mixture. Calcining and heat insulation are performed. Heat increase is performed in a vacuum. The reduced lithium metal volatilizes in a gaseous state. The lithium metal is obtained after condensing the volatilized gas. According to the method of the invention, lithium carbonate is used as raw material; and the iron with advantages of abundant resource and low price is used as a reducing agent. The method for preparing the lithium metal through vacuum hot reduction of the iron has the following advantages: short flow, simple process, convenient operation, low cost, low environment pollution, etc.

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The method of metallic lithium is produced in the thermal reduction of a kind of vacuum iron
Technical field
The present invention relates to the thermal reduction of a kind of vacuum iron and produce the method for metallic lithium, belong to the technical field that the vacuum metal thermal reduction prepares metallic substance.
Background technology
Lithium is important rare metal, and it all has important purposes aspect civil and military, and along with expanding economy, the Application Areas of lithium is constantly enlarged, and demand constantly increases.At present fused salt electrolysis process is adopted in the preparation of metallic lithium more in industry, though fused salt electrolysis process is produced the metallic lithium technical maturity, yet its cost is high, product purity is low, severe environmental pollution, technical process are long etc.
Proposed a lot of methods about preparing the domestic and international investigators of metallic lithium, 1894 years watts of companies (Bappeh) once prepared metallic lithium with the magnesium reduction Lithium Hydroxide MonoHydrate; Muriate, fluorochemical and sulfide or the reduction with carbon Quilonum Retard of also useful carbide of calcium reduction lithium are produced metallic lithium; Kroll etc., Smeets etc., Stauffer etc. prepare metallic lithium with reduction-oxidation lithiums such as silicon, aluminium, magnesium and triphane respectively; Kunming University of Science and Technology has also obtained metallic lithium with reduction Quilonum Retard, Lithium Oxide 98mins such as carbon, carbide of calcium, aluminium, silicon and aluminum silicon alloys respectively; Yellow Qi Xin etc. has invented with Lithium Hydroxide MonoHydrate and has prepared the method for metallic lithium and with the method for electrical conductivity of molten slag preparing metal lithium at high temperature employing, use Lithium Hydroxide MonoHydrate and Quilonum Retard to be raw material, and aluminium powder is that reductive agent reduces under high-temperature vacuum and prepares metallic lithium; Towering working method and the specific equipment of having invented high-purity lithium metal of anticipatory remark uses Quilonum Retard and lime or white lake to be raw material, ferrosilicon or aluminium powder do reductive agent under vacuum high-temperature, reduce the preparation metallic lithium; Middle village English is inferior, Cooley expense Prokofiev Fu Laji Mil Ke Sitanjinnuo etc. also invented the preparation method of metallic lithium respectively; Use Quilonum Retard and chlorine to be raw material respectively; Make it carry out contact reacts with drying process and obtain Lithium chloride (anhydrous), use resulting Lithium chloride (anhydrous) again, be equipped with metallic lithium through the fusion electrolysis legal system as raw material; Also obtained metallic lithium; This method can be avoided causing the corrosion to device materials by the molten salt of chlorine and Quilonum Retard, and uses Quilonum Retard, aluminum oxide to be raw material, aluminium powder be reductive agent under high-temperature vacuum, reduce the preparation metallic lithium.The somebody has invented from salt lake brine respectively, has contained the method that reclaims lithium lithium ore, waste and old lithium ion battery and the waste and old pole piece, but the primary products of the lithium of preparation are Quilonum Retard or lithium salts.
Summary of the invention
For overcoming problems such as cost height, product purity is low, environmental pollution is big, technical process is long, the method that the present invention provides the thermal reduction of a kind of vacuum iron to produce metallic lithium realizes through following technical proposal.
The method of metallic lithium is produced in the thermal reduction of a kind of vacuum iron, following each step of process:
(1) with purity >=98% Quilonum Retard as raw material, with purity be >=98% iron powder as reductive agent, be that 0.7~2:1 is uniformly mixed into mixture with iron powder and Quilonum Retard by mass ratio;
(2) step (1) gained mixture is processed pelletizing or sheet;
(3) step (2) gained molding materials is placed under the vacuum; Pressure≤20Pa, and be warming up to 700 ℃ with the temperature rise rate of 1.5~10 ℃/min and calcine, the Quilonum Retard in the molding materials is decomposed; Be incubated when pressure is 0.1~20Pa; Again under vacuum, be warming up to 1100~1400 ℃ of reduction reactions of carrying out iron and Lithium Oxide 98min, insulation 1~8h with the temperature rise rate of 5~20 ℃ ∕ min; The metallic lithium that is reduced out volatilizees with gaseous state, promptly obtains metallic lithium behind the condensation evaporable gas.
The pelletizing of said step (2) is the pelletizing of Φ 10~50mm.
The sheet of said step (2) is the sheet of 25 * 3~40 * 40mm.
Effect of the present invention and advantage: the present invention is raw material with the Quilonum Retard, and as reductive agent, present method has that flow process is short, technology is simple, easy and simple to handle, characteristics such as cost is low, environmental pollution is little with aboundresources and cheap iron.
Embodiment
To combine embodiment further to illustrate content of the present invention below, but these instances do not limit protection scope of the present invention.
Embodiment 1
(1) with purity 98% Quilonum Retard as raw material, with purity be 98% iron powder as reductive agent, be that 0.7:1 is uniformly mixed into mixture with iron powder and Quilonum Retard by mass ratio;
(2) step (1) gained mixture is processed the pelletizing of Φ 10mm;
(3) step (2) gained molding materials being put into steel crucibles places under the vacuum; Pressure 5Pa, and be warming up to 700 ℃ with the temperature rise rate of 2 ℃/min and calcine, the Quilonum Retard in the molding materials is decomposed; Be incubated when pressure is 0.2Pa; Again under vacuum, be warming up to 1200 ℃ of reduction reactions of carrying out iron and Lithium Oxide 98min, insulation 1h with the temperature rise rate of 5 ℃ ∕ min; The metallic lithium that is reduced out volatilizees with gaseous state, promptly obtains metallic lithium behind the condensation evaporable gas.
Embodiment 2
(1) with purity 99% Quilonum Retard as raw material, with purity be 98% iron powder as reductive agent, be that 1:1 is uniformly mixed into mixture with iron powder and Quilonum Retard by mass ratio;
(2) step (1) gained mixture is processed the pelletizing of Φ 30mm;
(3) step (2) gained molding materials being put into steel crucibles places under the vacuum; Pressure 15Pa, and be warming up to 700 ℃ with the temperature rise rate of 5 ℃/min and calcine, the Quilonum Retard in the molding materials is decomposed; Be incubated when pressure is 10Pa; Again under vacuum, be warming up to 1250 ℃ of reduction reactions of carrying out iron and Lithium Oxide 98min, insulation 4h with the temperature rise rate of 10 ℃ ∕ min; The metallic lithium that is reduced out volatilizees with gaseous state, promptly obtains metallic lithium behind the condensation evaporable gas.
Embodiment 3
(1) with purity 98% Quilonum Retard as raw material, with purity be 99% iron powder as reductive agent, be that 2:1 is uniformly mixed into mixture with iron powder and Quilonum Retard by mass ratio;
(2) step (1) gained mixture is processed the pelletizing of Φ 50mm;
(3) step (2) gained molding materials is placed under the vacuum; Pressure 20Pa, and be warming up to 700 ℃ with the temperature rise rate of 10 ℃/min and calcine, the Quilonum Retard in the molding materials is decomposed; Be incubated when pressure is 18Pa; Again under vacuum, be warming up to 1300 ℃ of reduction reactions of carrying out iron and Lithium Oxide 98min, insulation 7h with the temperature rise rate of 20 ℃ ∕ min; The metallic lithium that is reduced out volatilizees with gaseous state, promptly obtains metallic lithium behind the condensation evaporable gas.
Embodiment 4
(1) with purity 99% Quilonum Retard as raw material, with purity be 99% iron powder as reductive agent, be that 1.5:1 is uniformly mixed into mixture with iron powder and Quilonum Retard by mass ratio;
(2) step (1) gained mixture is processed 25 * 3mm sheet;
(3) step (2) gained molding materials is placed under the vacuum; Pressure 18Pa, and be warming up to 700 ℃ with the temperature rise rate of 1.5 ℃/min and calcine, the Quilonum Retard in the molding materials is decomposed; Be incubated when pressure is 0.1Pa; Again under vacuum, be warming up to 1100 ℃ of reduction reactions of carrying out iron and Lithium Oxide 98min, insulation 8h with the temperature rise rate of 8 ℃ ∕ min; The metallic lithium that is reduced out volatilizees with gaseous state, promptly obtains metallic lithium behind the condensation evaporable gas.
Embodiment 5
(1) with purity 98% Quilonum Retard as raw material, with purity be 98% iron powder as reductive agent, be that 0.9:1 is uniformly mixed into mixture with iron powder and Quilonum Retard by mass ratio;
(2) step (1) gained mixture is processed 40 * 40mm sheet;
(3) step (2) gained molding materials is placed under the vacuum; Pressure 20Pa, and be warming up to 700 ℃ with the temperature rise rate of 9 ℃/min and calcine, the Quilonum Retard in the molding materials is decomposed; Be incubated when pressure is 20Pa; Again under vacuum, be warming up to 1400 ℃ of reduction reactions of carrying out iron and Lithium Oxide 98min, insulation 5h with the temperature rise rate of 15 ℃ ∕ min; The metallic lithium that is reduced out volatilizees with gaseous state, promptly obtains metallic lithium behind the condensation evaporable gas.
Embodiment 6
(1) with purity 99% Quilonum Retard as raw material, with purity be 98% iron powder as reductive agent, be that 1.8:1 is uniformly mixed into mixture with iron powder and Quilonum Retard by mass ratio;
(2) step (1) gained mixture is processed 30 * 20mm sheet;
(3) step (2) gained molding materials is placed under the vacuum; Pressure 10Pa, and be warming up to 700 ℃ with the temperature rise rate of 6 ℃/min and calcine, the Quilonum Retard in the molding materials is decomposed; Be incubated when pressure is 9Pa; Again under vacuum, be warming up to 1200 ℃ of reduction reactions of carrying out iron and Lithium Oxide 98min, insulation 8h with the temperature rise rate of 12 ℃ ∕ min; The metallic lithium that is reduced out volatilizees with gaseous state, promptly obtains metallic lithium behind the condensation evaporable gas.

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1. the method for metallic lithium is produced in vacuum iron thermal reduction, it is characterized in that through following each step:
(1) with purity >=98% Quilonum Retard as raw material, with purity be >=98% iron powder as reductive agent, be that 0.7~2:1 is uniformly mixed into mixture with iron powder and Quilonum Retard by mass ratio;
(2) step (1) gained mixture is processed pelletizing or sheet;
(3) step (2) gained molding materials is placed under the vacuum; Pressure≤20Pa; And be warming up to 700 ℃ with the temperature rise rate of 1.5~10 ℃/min and calcine, be incubated when pressure is 0.1~20Pa, again under vacuum; Temperature rise rate with 5~20 ℃ ∕ min is warming up to 1100~1400 ℃, insulation 1~8h; The metallic lithium that is reduced out volatilizees with gaseous state, promptly obtains metallic lithium behind the condensation evaporable gas.
2. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that: the pelletizing of said step (2) is the pelletizing of Φ 10~50mm.
3. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that: the sheet of said step (2) is the sheet of 25 * 3~40 * 40mm.
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