Removal of iron contaminant from Sabah montmorillonite using gravitational & extraction techniques

The removal of iron contaminant from Sabah montmorillonite mineral by combination of gravitational method and organic extraction (oxalic acid) technique has been studied under various experimental conditions in order to optimize the process parameters at minimum operating cost. The parameters studie...

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Main Authors: Sonny, Irawan, Samsuri, Ariffin
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2004
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description The removal of iron contaminant from Sabah montmorillonite mineral by combination of gravitational method and organic extraction (oxalic acid) technique has been studied under various experimental conditions in order to optimize the process parameters at minimum operating cost. The parameters studied were pressure drop, airflow rate, temperature, pH of the solution, organic acid concentration, and time of extraction. For the Sabah montmorillonite sample studied, at airflow rate of 18 m.cu/hr the optimum pressure drop was 231 N/m/sq., has separated 60 % by weight of iron contaminant from montmorillonite, and at temperature vary between 60 - 80 deg. C, the maximum iron contaminant extraction with oxalic acid is approximately 30%. Oxalic acid is capable of dissolving all extracted iron in montmorillonite. Combination with gravitational and oxalic acid extraction technique successfully removed 90 % of iron contaminant from Sabah montmorillonite, thus making Sabah montmorillonite suitable for its basic industrial application.
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spelling utm-34742017-08-30T07:41:52Z http://eprints.utm.my/3474/ Removal of iron contaminant from Sabah montmorillonite using gravitational & extraction techniques Sonny, Irawan Samsuri, Ariffin QE Geology TT Handicrafts Arts and crafts TN Mining engineering. Metallurgy The removal of iron contaminant from Sabah montmorillonite mineral by combination of gravitational method and organic extraction (oxalic acid) technique has been studied under various experimental conditions in order to optimize the process parameters at minimum operating cost. The parameters studied were pressure drop, airflow rate, temperature, pH of the solution, organic acid concentration, and time of extraction. For the Sabah montmorillonite sample studied, at airflow rate of 18 m.cu/hr the optimum pressure drop was 231 N/m/sq., has separated 60 % by weight of iron contaminant from montmorillonite, and at temperature vary between 60 - 80 deg. C, the maximum iron contaminant extraction with oxalic acid is approximately 30%. Oxalic acid is capable of dissolving all extracted iron in montmorillonite. Combination with gravitational and oxalic acid extraction technique successfully removed 90 % of iron contaminant from Sabah montmorillonite, thus making Sabah montmorillonite suitable for its basic industrial application. 2004-10-10 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/3474/1/SKMBT_60007052214460.pdf Sonny, Irawan and Samsuri, Ariffin (2004) Removal of iron contaminant from Sabah montmorillonite using gravitational & extraction techniques. In: 18th. Symposium of Malaysian Chemical Engineers (SOMChe) 2004, Octo. 2004, UTP, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.
spellingShingle QE Geology
TT Handicrafts Arts and crafts
TN Mining engineering. Metallurgy
Sonny, Irawan
Samsuri, Ariffin
Removal of iron contaminant from Sabah montmorillonite using gravitational & extraction techniques
title Removal of iron contaminant from Sabah montmorillonite using gravitational & extraction techniques
title_full Removal of iron contaminant from Sabah montmorillonite using gravitational & extraction techniques
title_fullStr Removal of iron contaminant from Sabah montmorillonite using gravitational & extraction techniques
title_full_unstemmed Removal of iron contaminant from Sabah montmorillonite using gravitational & extraction techniques
title_short Removal of iron contaminant from Sabah montmorillonite using gravitational & extraction techniques
title_sort removal of iron contaminant from sabah montmorillonite using gravitational & extraction techniques
topic QE Geology
TT Handicrafts Arts and crafts
TN Mining engineering. Metallurgy
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http://eprints.utm.my/3474/1/SKMBT_60007052214460.pdf