WO2006010229A1 - Reduction electrochimique d'oxydes metalliques - Google Patents

Reduction electrochimique d'oxydes metalliques Download PDF

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WO2006010229A1
WO2006010229A1 PCT/AU2005/001135 AU2005001135W WO2006010229A1 WO 2006010229 A1 WO2006010229 A1 WO 2006010229A1 AU 2005001135 W AU2005001135 W AU 2005001135W WO 2006010229 A1 WO2006010229 A1 WO 2006010229A1
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Kannapar Mukunthan
Ivan Ratchev
Andrew Arthur Shook
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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
    • C22B34/00—Obtaining refractory metals
    • C22B34/10—Obtaining titanium, zirconium or hafnium
    • C22B34/12—Obtaining titanium or titanium compounds from ores or scrap by metallurgical processing; preparation of titanium compounds from other titanium compounds see C01G23/00 - C01G23/08
    • C22B34/129—Obtaining titanium or titanium compounds from ores or scrap by metallurgical processing; preparation of titanium compounds from other titanium compounds see C01G23/00 - C01G23/08 obtaining metallic titanium from titanium compounds by dissociation, e.g. thermic dissociation of titanium tetraiodide, or by electrolysis or with the use of an electric arc
    • 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
    • C22B34/00—Obtaining refractory metals
    • C22B34/10—Obtaining titanium, zirconium or hafnium
    • C22B34/12—Obtaining titanium or titanium compounds from ores or scrap by metallurgical processing; preparation of titanium compounds from other titanium compounds see C01G23/00 - C01G23/08
    • C22B34/1295—Refining, melting, remelting, working up of titanium
    • 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
    • C22B9/00—General processes of refining or remelting of metals; Apparatus for electroslag or arc remelting of metals
    • C22B9/14—Refining in the solid state
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C25—ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25C—PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC PRODUCTION, RECOVERY OR REFINING OF METALS; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25C5/00—Electrolytic production, recovery or refining of metal powders or porous metal masses

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  • the present invention relates to electrochemical reduction of metal oxides.
  • the present invention relates particularly, although by no means exclusively, to electrochemical reduction of metal oxide feed material in the form of powders and/or pellets in an electrolytic cell to produce reduced material, namely metal having a low oxygen concentration, typically no more than 0.2% by weight.
  • the present invention is concerned with minimising the concentration of chlorine in reduced material produced by electrochemical reduction of metal oxide feed material in an electrolytic cell that operates with a chlorine-containing molten electrolyte, such as a CaCl 2 -based electrolyte.
  • the present invention was made during the course of an on-going research project on electrochemical reduction of metal oxide feed material being carried out by the applicant.
  • the research project has focussed on the reduction of titania (TiO 2 ) .
  • the CaCl 2 ⁇ based electrolyte used in the experiments was a commercially available source of CaCl 2 which decomposed on heating and produced a very small amount of CaO.
  • the applicant operated the electrolytic cells at potentials above the decomposition potential of CaO and below the decomposition potential of CaCl 2 .
  • the applicant operated the cells under a wide range of different operating set-ups and conditions.
  • the applicant has found in a series of experiments that the conditions under which metal oxide feed material is electrochemically reduced in electrolytic cells has a significant impact on the resultant concentration of chlorine in reduced material produced in the process.
  • the conditions include temperature of molten electrolyte and reduction time.
  • the reduction conditions in electrolytic cells can have a significant impact on the morphology of the reduced material and that by appropriate selection of the conditions it is possible to produce reduced material that has a morphology that is more susceptible to subsequent washing than would otherwise be the case, with a result that the resultant washed reduced material has a lower concentration of chlorine.
  • the appropriate selection of reduction conditions in electrolytic cells include conditions that result in sintering of reduced material such that there is phase separation within the morphology of the reduced material, with one phase comprising regions of reduced material and the other phase comprising regions of retained electrolyte, and with the electrolyte-containing regions being interconnected into a continuous network so that the electrolyte can be washed more readily from the reduced material.
  • controlled sintering of reduced material in or external to an electrolytic cell may be an effective option for minimising the chlorine concentration in reduced material.
  • a process for selectively forming a morphology of reduced material formed by a process of electrochemically reducing a metal oxide feed material in a solid state in an electrolytic cell containing molten chlorine-containing electrolyte in the cell, which process includes sintering the reduced material and forming a morphology that is susceptible to subsequent washing of retained electrolyte in the reduced material.
  • the step of sintering the reduced material may be carried out in the electrolytic cell.
  • the step of sintering the reduced material may be carried out in a separate vessel that is supplied with reduced material from the electrolytic cell.
  • the process further includes removing reduced material from the cell or the separate vessel and thereafter washing the reduced material.
  • the process may be carried out on a batch basis, a semi-continuous basis, and a continuous basis.
  • the process may be carried out as a single stage or a multi-stage process.
  • the metal oxide feed material is in a powder and/or a pellet form.
  • the metal oxide feed material is a titanium oxide.
  • titanium oxide is titania.
  • the electrolyte is a CaCl 2 -based electrolyte containing CaO.
  • the electrochemical reduction process includes applying an electrical potential across the anode and the cathode that is above the decomposition potential of CaO and below the decomposition of CaCl 2 .
  • a process for electrochemically reducing a metal oxide feed material in a solid state in an electrolytic cell containing molten chlorine-containing electrolyte in the cell which process includes sintering the electrochemically reduced material and forming a morphology that is susceptible to subsequent washing of retained electrolyte in the reduced material.
  • one morphology that is susceptible to subsequent washing of the reduced material is a structure that includes a continuous network of interconnected regions of chlorine-containing electrolyte.
  • the structure is essentially a two phase structure with one phase comprising grains of reduced material having minimal amounts of electrolyte within the grains and the other phase comprising a continuous network of interconnected regions containing electrolyte.
  • the experimental work carried out by the applicant to date has focussed on evaluating the impact of the temperature of molten electrolyte and the reduction, ie residence time, of reduced material in an electrolytic cell on the subsequent washability of the resultant reduced material.
  • the experimental work indicated that the concentration of chlorine in washed electrochemically-reduced material in the form of titanium metal decreased as the temperature of the molten electrolyte in the electrolytic cell increased and as the residence time of the reduced material in the cell increased. Thus, the experimental work indicated that better washability was achieved with reduced material produced at high temperatures and longer reduction times.
  • the experimental work was carried out on metal oxide feed material in the form of titania that was supplied to the laboratory-scale electrolytic cell as a product with a relatively fine, uniform porous morphology throughout the material (typically 50% pores) .
  • Pellets of titania were electrochemically reduced in a laboratory-scale electrolytic cell under different molten electrolyte temperatures and reduction times.
  • the titania pellets were manufactured from smaller particles of titania. Typically the titania particles for pellet manufacture ranged from nanometer size up to 15 microns.
  • the pellets had an open connected pore structure with a porosity in the range of 35-60% by volume. Preferably at least 25 vol.% of the pores had a size of 0.005-10 microns measured by Mercury Intrusion porosimetry.
  • Pellets were shaped, for example by being slip cast in moulds.
  • One example of a shape was a disc with a cylindrical side wall and flat top and bottom walls, and with the diameter of the cylinder being considerably greater that the thickness of the disc between the top and bottom walls.
  • a disc is a disc that is 20 mm in diameter and 2 mm thick. In all cases, a maximum dimension of 3.5 mm applied to the minimum dimensions of pellets (and powders) tested.
  • the cell contained a commercially available source of CaCl 2 that decomposed on heating and produced a very small amount of CaO.
  • the cell was operated at an applied potential of 3 V. This is a potential above the decomposition potential of CaO under the cell operating conditions.
  • pellets of reduced titania were removed from the cell after the prescribed reduction times and were washed in pellet form or in a broken up form in deionised water near boiling point for 2-4 hours.
  • micrographs of Figures 1 to 3 are cross- sections of the reduced pellets produced with the cell operating with electrolyte temperatures of 1000 0 C, 95O 0 C, and 900 0 C, respectively.
  • Each of the micrographs show a morphology that comprises an essentially two phase structure with one phase comprising grains of reduced titania (the lighter coloured parts of the micrograph) and the other phase comprising regions containing electrolyte (the darker coloured parts of the micrograph) .
  • micrographs indicate the significantly different morphologies of the reduced pellets produced at these electrolyte temperatures.
  • the micrographs indicate that the two phase structure became increasingly pronounced as the electrolyte temperature increased.
  • the micrographs indicate that as the electrolyte temperature increased, the grains of reduced titania had smaller amounts of electrolyte within the grains and the electrolyte-containing phase increasingly formed as a continuous network of relatively large interconnected pores.
  • the molten electrolyte temperature was set at 1000 0 C.
  • a first experimental run a first set of pellets was removed from the cell after 6 hours.
  • a second set of pellets was removed after 8 hours.
  • a third experimental run a third set of pellets was removed after 12 hours.
  • the reduced pellets were washed in pellet form or in a broken up form in deionised water near boiling point for 2-4 hours.

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La présente invention concerne un procédé permettant de réaliser sélectivement une forme d'un matériau réduit. Le matériau réduit, tel que du titane, est formé par un procédé qui consiste à réduire par électrochimie un matériau de départ à base d'oxyde métallique, tel que de l'oxyde de titane, à l'état solide, dans une cellule électrolytique comprenant un électrolyte fondu à teneur en chlore dans la cellule. Le procédé susmentionné consiste à fritter le matériau réduit puis à façonner une forme pouvant subir un lavage ultérieur de l'électrolyte retenu dans le matériau réduit.
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