Hydrothermal Separation of Titanium Vanadium and Chromium from a Pregnant Oxalic Acid Leachate

Abstract

The separation of titanium, vanadium and chromium in vanadium slag (VS) is a difficult problem restricting the comprehensive utilization of VS. This paper presents the first study on the separation of titanium, vanadium and chromium from oxalic acid leachate of VS. Firstly, the separation of titanium from the leachate by hydrothermal method was studied. The results show that more than 99% of titanium in the leachate was precipitated in the form of spherical anatase TiO2 with the purity of 95.7%. Then, the extraction separation of vanadium and chromium from the titanium-free filtrate by three-stage extraction of acidified N235 extractant and four-stage stripping of HCl solution was investigated. The extraction mechanism was identified as the anion exchange reaction between acidified N235 extractant and vanadium and chromium complex anions, which were further stripped by HCl solution in the stripping process. After obtaining the concentrated and purified stripping solution containing vanadium and chromium, the separation of vanadium and chromium from the stripping solution by hydrothermal method was studied, and the product was mainly composed of VO2 and Cr2O3. This process provides an idea for the comprehensive utilization of titanium, vanadium and chromium in oxalic acid system.

Keywords

• vanadium slag
• hydrothermal method
• extraction
• stripping