Beneficiation of Hard Rock Lithium Ore and the Effect of Calcination

Calcination is a compulsory pre-treatment during the processing of spodumene ores that transforms a-phase of spodumene to ß-phase that is more reactive. This conversion happens at high temperatures above 900 °C. The resultant ß-spodumene has highly altered physical properties with 30% more volume th...

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Main Author: Nazir, Muhammad Kashif
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2022
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91830
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description Calcination is a compulsory pre-treatment during the processing of spodumene ores that transforms a-phase of spodumene to ß-phase that is more reactive. This conversion happens at high temperatures above 900 °C. The resultant ß-spodumene has highly altered physical properties with 30% more volume than that of a-spodumene. ß-spodumene is more reactive towards chemical reagents and mechanical treatments due to more open crystal structure. This may result in higher Li grades and recoveries.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-918302023-05-01T07:59:50Z Beneficiation of Hard Rock Lithium Ore and the Effect of Calcination Nazir, Muhammad Kashif Calcination is a compulsory pre-treatment during the processing of spodumene ores that transforms a-phase of spodumene to ß-phase that is more reactive. This conversion happens at high temperatures above 900 °C. The resultant ß-spodumene has highly altered physical properties with 30% more volume than that of a-spodumene. ß-spodumene is more reactive towards chemical reagents and mechanical treatments due to more open crystal structure. This may result in higher Li grades and recoveries. 2022 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91830 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Nazir, Muhammad Kashif
Beneficiation of Hard Rock Lithium Ore and the Effect of Calcination
title Beneficiation of Hard Rock Lithium Ore and the Effect of Calcination
title_full Beneficiation of Hard Rock Lithium Ore and the Effect of Calcination
title_fullStr Beneficiation of Hard Rock Lithium Ore and the Effect of Calcination
title_full_unstemmed Beneficiation of Hard Rock Lithium Ore and the Effect of Calcination
title_short Beneficiation of Hard Rock Lithium Ore and the Effect of Calcination
title_sort beneficiation of hard rock lithium ore and the effect of calcination
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91830