US20180169764A1 - Method for producing cobalt powder - Google Patents

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US20180169764A1
US20180169764A1 US15/738,244 US201615738244A US2018169764A1 US 20180169764 A1 US20180169764 A1 US 20180169764A1 US 201615738244 A US201615738244 A US 201615738244A US 2018169764 A1 US2018169764 A1 US 2018169764A1
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Ryo-ma Yamaguma
Yoshitomo Ozaki
Kazuyuki Takaishi
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Osamu Ikeda
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  • the present invention relates to a method for producing cobalt powder having high reaction efficiency when cobalt powder is produced from a solution containing a cobalt ammine sulfate complex, and particularly, the present invention can be applied to the treatment of an in-process intermediate solution generated from a cobalt hydrometallurgical process.
  • Examples of known methods for producing fine cobalt powder include dry methods such as an atomizing method of dispersing molten cobalt in a gas or in water to obtain fine powder and a CVD method of volatilizing cobalt and reducing it in a vapor phase to thereby obtain cobalt powder as disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-505695.
  • examples of methods for producing cobalt powder by a wet process include a method of producing cobalt powder using a reducing agent as disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 5407495 and a spray pyrolysis method in which cobalt powder is obtained by pyrolysis reaction by spraying a cobalt solution into a reducing atmosphere at high temperatures as disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 4286220.
  • the present invention provides a method for producing cobalt powder by obtaining high reaction efficiency by controlling the amount of added seed crystals when cobalt powder is produced from a solution containing a cobalt ammine sulfate complex.
  • a first aspect of the present invention to solve such a problem is a method for producing cobalt powder from a cobalt-containing material of an industrial intermediate including one or a mixture of two or more selected from cobalt and cobalt mixed sulfide, crude cobalt sulfate, cobalt oxide, cobalt hydroxide, cobalt carbonate, and cobalt powder, the method sequentially including: a mixing step of adding, to a solution containing a cobalt ammine sulfate complex in which a concentration of ammonium sulfate is in a range of 10 to 500 g/L and the cobalt-containing material is a cobalt supply source, cobalt powder having an average particle size of 0.1 to 5 ⁇ m as seed crystals in an amount of 1.5 times or more and 3.0 times or less the amount of cobalt contained in the solution and then adding a dispersant in an amount of 1.5% by weight to 3.0% by weight of the added seed crystals to form a mixture slurry; and
  • cobalt powder in the method of adding a dispersant to a cobalt ammine complex solution and subjecting the resulting mixture to hydrogen reduction under high temperatures and high pressures, cobalt powder can be produced at high reaction efficiency.
  • FIG. 1 is a production flow chart of the method for producing cobalt powder according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a SEM image showing the appearance of cobalt powder produced in Example 1.
  • the method for producing high purity cobalt powder according to the present invention is a method for producing cobalt powder in which, when seed crystals are added to a cobalt ammine sulfate complex solution using a high-pressure vessel such as an autoclave and the resulting mixture is subjected to pressurized hydrogen reduction treatment including reduction treatment with hydrogen at high temperatures and high pressures, cobalt powder is produced by adding cobalt powder as seed crystals in an amount 1.5 times or more and 10.0 times or less the amount of cobalt in the starting solution, preferably 1.5 times or more and 3.0 times or less, and more preferably 2.0 times.
  • Examples of a suitable cobalt ammine sulfate complex solution used in the present invention include, but are not limited to, a cobalt ammine sulfate complex solution obtained by dissolving a cobalt-containing material such as an industrial intermediate including one or a mixture of two or more selected from cobalt and cobalt mixed sulfide, crude cobalt sulfate, cobalt oxide, cobalt hydroxide, cobalt carbonate, cobalt powder, and the like with sulfuric acid or ammonia to obtain a cobalt leaching solution (solution containing cobalt), subjecting the cobalt leaching solution to a purification step such as solvent extraction, ion exchange, and neutralization to obtain a solution from which impurity elements in the cobalt leaching solution have been removed, and adding ammonia to the resulting solution to form the cobalt ammine sulfate complex solution, in which cobalt is contained in the form of cobalt complex ions.
  • a mixture slurry is produced by adding seed crystals to the cobalt ammine sulfate complex solution produced above and adding a dispersant thereto depending on the amount of the added seed crystals.
  • Cobalt powder is used as the seed crystals to be added here.
  • the particle size of the cobalt powder preferably has an average particle size of about 0.1 to 5 ⁇ m, and particularly preferably has a particle size of around 1 ⁇ m, where the particle size does not vary but is uniform.
  • the particle size is too small, the cobalt powder obtained in the reaction will be too small, which has difficulty in handling and is not preferred. On the other hand, if the particle size is too large, the cobalt powder will easily settle during stirring, which poses a problem that uniform cobalt powder is not easily obtained.
  • the amount of cobalt powder to be added is 1.5 times or more and 3.0 times or less, preferably 2.0 times the amount of cobalt contained in the original solution, in order to maintain reaction efficiency.
  • the amount of cobalt powder added is less than 1.5 times of the amount of cobalt contained in the original solution, high reaction efficiency cannot be obtained because the number of seed crystals is insufficient, reducing reaction fields. Further, even if the amount of cobalt powder added is more than 3.0 times, reaction efficiency will not be improved, and the efficiency will not be improved considering that too much time and effort and cost are required. The number of seed crystals will be rather too large, and the growth of the cobalt powder obtained will be insufficient, reducing the particle size. Therefore, when the cobalt powder is used as products, a problem in use will easily occur, such as requiring time and effort in handling thereof. Further, a problem of properties, such as being easily dissolved or oxidized, will occur, which is not preferred.
  • the concentration of ammonium sulfate in the solution is preferably in the range of 10 to 500 g/L.
  • the concentration is more than 500 g/L, the solubility will be exceeded, and crystals will be precipitated. With respect to the lower limit, since ammonium sulfate is newly produced by reaction, it is difficult to achieve a concentration of less than 10 g/L.
  • reaction vessel resistant to high pressure and high temperature is charged with the slurry formed by adding seed crystals in the previous step, and hydrogen gas is blown into the slurry stored in the reaction vessel to reduce cobalt complex ions in the slurry to precipitate cobalt on the seed crystals contained.
  • reaction temperature is preferably in the range of 150 to 200° C. If the reaction temperature is less than 150° C., reduction efficiency will be reduced, and even if it is more than 200° C., the reaction will not be affected, but the loss of thermal energy will increase. Therefore, these temperatures are not suitable.
  • the pressure of the gas phase part in the reaction vessel (refers to a space in the reaction vessel remaining after the solution is stored in the reaction vessel) during the reaction is preferably maintained in the range of 1.0 to 4.0 MPa by controlling the feed rate of hydrogen gas. If the pressure is less than 1.0 MPa, reaction efficiency will be reduced, which is not preferred. Further, even if the pressure is higher than 4.0 MPa, the reaction efficiency will not be affected, but the loss of hydrogen gas will increase.
  • the cobalt complex ions in the slurry can also be reduced either by directly blowing hydrogen gas into the liquid in the reaction vessel or by blowing hydrogen gas into the gas phase part in the reaction vessel.
  • a precipitate of cobalt is formed on the seed crystals by reduction and precipitation treatment of the present invention, and the cobalt contained in the solution can be recovered and repeatedly used as a precipitate of fine powdered cobalt.
  • the seed crystals of cobalt powder in fine powder form which can be used as seed crystals and repeating hydrogen reduction, particles in which cobalt precipitate is provided on the surface of the seed crystals are formed, and the particles can be grown up to produce high purity cobalt metal.
  • a mixture slurry containing a cobalt ammine sulfate complex containing seed crystals was prepared by adding, to the original solution, cobalt powder having an average particle size of about 0.1 to 5 ⁇ m, as seed crystals, in an amount of 150 g which is 2.0 times the amount of cobalt in the original solution, further adding 40 wt % polyacrylic acid, as a dispersant, in an amount 2.0% by weight relative to the amount of the seed crystals, and then adjusting the total volume of the solution to 1000 ml.
  • an inner cylinder of an autoclave was charged with the mixture slurry; the mixture slurry was heated to 185° C. with stirring after the autoclave was sealed; hydrogen gas was blown into the mixture slurry while keeping the temperature; and hydrogen gas was fed from its cylinder so as to maintain the pressure in the inner cylinder of the autoclave at 3.5 MPa.
  • the amount of precipitated cobalt obtained by deducting the amount of seed crystals from the amount of cobalt that was able to be recovered was divided by the amount of cobalt contained in the original solution to determine the yield of the cobalt powder produced by the reaction, that is, by reduction, which was found to be 72%.
  • An original solution containing cobalt was prepared under the same conditions and in the same manner as in Example 1 above.
  • a mixture slurry according to Comparative Example 1 was prepared by adding, to the original solution, cobalt powder as seed crystals in an amount of 75 g which is 1.0 times the amount of cobalt in the original solution and adjusting the total volume of the solution to 1000 ml.
  • an inner cylinder of an autoclave was charged with the mixture slurry; the mixture slurry was then heated to 185° C. with stirring; hydrogen gas was blown into the mixture slurry while keeping the temperature; and hydrogen gas was fed so as to maintain the pressure in the inner cylinder of the autoclave at 3.5 MPa.

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