US825983A - Process of treating matte. - Google Patents
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- US825983A US825983A US30740706A US1906307407A US825983A US 825983 A US825983 A US 825983A US 30740706 A US30740706 A US 30740706A US 1906307407 A US1906307407 A US 1906307407A US 825983 A US825983 A US 825983A
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- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 title description 8
- XEEYBQQBJWHFJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N Iron Chemical compound [Fe] XEEYBQQBJWHFJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 34
- 229910052742 iron Inorganic materials 0.000 description 17
- PXHVJJICTQNCMI-UHFFFAOYSA-N Nickel Chemical compound [Ni] PXHVJJICTQNCMI-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 10
- 238000003723 Smelting Methods 0.000 description 8
- NINIDFKCEFEMDL-UHFFFAOYSA-N Sulfur Chemical compound [S] NINIDFKCEFEMDL-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 8
- 229960005349 sulfur Drugs 0.000 description 8
- 229910052717 sulfur Inorganic materials 0.000 description 8
- 235000001508 sulfur Nutrition 0.000 description 8
- 239000011593 sulfur Substances 0.000 description 8
- VYPSYNLAJGMNEJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Silicium dioxide Chemical compound O=[Si]=O VYPSYNLAJGMNEJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 6
- 239000000203 mixture Substances 0.000 description 6
- 239000000463 material Substances 0.000 description 5
- 229910052759 nickel Inorganic materials 0.000 description 5
- 239000002893 slag Substances 0.000 description 5
- 238000007664 blowing Methods 0.000 description 4
- 230000004907 flux Effects 0.000 description 4
- 238000001816 cooling Methods 0.000 description 3
- RYGMFSIKBFXOCR-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copper Chemical compound [Cu] RYGMFSIKBFXOCR-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 229910052802 copper Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 239000010949 copper Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000004576 sand Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000000377 silicon dioxide Substances 0.000 description 2
- 241000370685 Arge Species 0.000 description 1
- 235000008733 Citrus aurantifolia Nutrition 0.000 description 1
- LSNNMFCWUKXFEE-UHFFFAOYSA-N Sulfurous acid Chemical compound OS(O)=O LSNNMFCWUKXFEE-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 235000011941 Tilia x europaea Nutrition 0.000 description 1
- 238000005422 blasting Methods 0.000 description 1
- 239000003245 coal Substances 0.000 description 1
- 239000000571 coke Substances 0.000 description 1
- 239000012530 fluid Substances 0.000 description 1
- 239000000446 fuel Substances 0.000 description 1
- 239000004571 lime Substances 0.000 description 1
- 238000002844 melting Methods 0.000 description 1
- 230000008018 melting Effects 0.000 description 1
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
- C22B23/00—Obtaining nickel or cobalt
- C22B23/02—Obtaining nickel or cobalt by dry processes
- C22B23/025—Obtaining nickel or cobalt by dry processes with formation of a matte or by matte refining or converting into nickel or cobalt, e.g. by the Oxford process
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- My invention relates to the treatment of matte, and has for its object to remove the iron in an economical and practical manner.
- the method of first roasting the matte and then smelting it with sand in a shaftfurnace inorder to slag the iron oxidized by the roasting also has drawbacks. Besides being very costly, due to the large fuel consumption, the roasted product is in a pulverulent condition, requiring briqueting before smelting. Moreover, the roasting must proceed with care in order to leave sufficient sul fur in the mass for the subsequent smelting.
- the above-described objections are obviated.
- glow- 1 ing material as coal, coke, ore, &c.
- I claim 1 The method of treating matte preparatory to smelting, which consists in mixing matte with suitable fluxes, charging the mixture in a suitable apparatus on a layer of glowing material and forcing an air-blast through the charge to sinter it, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
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Description
UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIon.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented July 17, 1906.
' Application filed March 22, 1906. Serial No. 807.407.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, JosEPH SAVELSBERG, doctor of philosophy, a subject of the King of Prussia, German Emperor, residing at Papenburg-on-the-Ems, in the Kingdom of Prussia, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a new Process for Treating Matte; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.
My invention relates to the treatment of matte, and has for its object to remove the iron in an economical and practical manner.
The blowing of matte containing iron in the presence of silica, in order to cause the iron to enter the slag, is already known; but the process has the following drawbacks: First, practically all the sulfur contained in the matte is burned to sulfurous acid (S0,) and escapes into the air; second, the silica is taken from the lining of the Bessemer converter, thereby destroying the lining.
The method of first roasting the matte and then smelting it with sand in a shaftfurnace inorder to slag the iron oxidized by the roasting also has drawbacks. Besides being very costly, due to the large fuel consumption, the roasted product is in a pulverulent condition, requiring briqueting before smelting. Moreover, the roasting must proceed with care in order to leave sufficient sul fur in the mass for the subsequent smelting.
According to the present invention the above-described objections are obviated. I treat the matte containing iron as follows: The matte is finely divided and mixed with the necessary percentage of slag-forming in-- gredients, such as sand and lime, requisite for the subsequent slagging of the iron. This mixture is then brought onto a bed of glow- 1 ing material, as coal, coke, ore, &c., inv a suitable apparatus and a suitable blast passed through the mixture from below. The mass, due to the heat of reaction, becomes red hot without completely melting, so that the mass sinters together. The blowing is completed when the red-hot mass cools down, which it does very rapidly. During the blowing practically all the sulfur'combined with the iron has combined with the nickel, copper, &c., while practically all the iron has been oxidized by the action of the air-blast. The mixture after cooling is preferably broken into pieces of suitable size for subsequent smelting in a shaft furnace, which will yield a matte practically free from iron, yet containing substantially all the sulfur of the previous matte, while the slag is quite fluid and contains only a small percentage of nickel, copper, &c., and nearly all the iron in the matte previously employed.
A matte containing fifty per cent. nickel,- fourteen per cent. sulfur, and thirty-six per cent. iron contained after treatment in accordance with this inventioni. 6., blasting and subsequent smelting-seventy-seven per cent. nickel, twenty to twenty-one per cent.
sulfur, and one-half per cent. iron, from which it will be seen that hardly any sulfur was lost, since the proportion of nickel to sul fur in the resulting matte is the same as in the matte treated.
I claim 1. The method of treating matte preparatory to smelting, which consists in mixing matte with suitable fluxes, charging the mixture in a suitable apparatus on a layer of glowing material and forcing an air-blast through the charge to sinter it, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2. The method of treating matte preparatory to smelting, which consists in mixing matte with a suitable quantity of fluxes,
charging the mixture in a suitable apparatus on a bed of glowin material, forcingan airblast through the c arge to sinter it and then cooling and breaking up the charge, substantially as set forth.
3. The method of producing matte free from iron, which consists in mixing matte with a suitable quantity of flux, charging the mixture into a suitable apparatus on a bed of glowing material, blowing the charge to cause it to sinter by the heat of reaction, and finally smelting the matte in a shaft-furnace, to
cause the iron therein to enter the slag, subg,
stantially as set forth.
4. The method of producing matte free from iron, which consists in mixin matte with fluxes, charging it into a suitab e appa- IOO ratus onto a bed of glowing material, forcing I In testimony that I claim the foregoing as ablast through the charge, cooling and breakmy invention I have signed my name in presing up the resulting product and finally l ence of two subscribing witnesses. smelting said product in a shaft-furnace to JOSEPH SAVELSBERG.
5 cause the iron to enter the slag and form a Witnesses:
matte substantially free from iron, substan- BESSIE F. DUNLAP, tially as set forth. LOUIS VANDORY.
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