红土型镍钴矿分析样品的制备方法和制备装置研制
Development of Preparation Method and Filteration Equipment for Laterite Nickel-Cobalt Ore Analysis Sample
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摘要: 国内实验室制备红土型镍、钴矿分析样品时,通常是将矿样直接通过磨细或者将矿物的砾石扔掉再进行磨细而制得的,由于矿样含有一定比例的砾石,而砾石的孔隙富集一定量的镍、钴元素,造成评价镍、钴矿床品位偏低的问题。本文将红土型镍钴矿样品烘干擀细,通过2 mm标准筛筛分,保留筛下样品;将筛上样品置于2 mm的筛子中进行水洗,去除洗后的砾石;经水洗的样品通过研制的样品抽滤装置进行脱水、烘干。然后将筛下样品和制备好的筛上样品混匀,用堆锥四分法进行缩分,经过碎样机磨细使样品粒度达到74 μm(200目),制得红土型镍钴矿分析样品。使用研制的样品制备方法制备红土型镍钴矿分析样品,测定镍、钴元素的品位比传统直接磨细制备的样品的测定品位高7%~14%。制备过程无污染、快速、安全、成本低、效率高,制备的分析样品能够准确代表镍钴矿床镍、钴的品位,克服了以往不经水洗直接碎样,使镍钴矿床品位偏低的问题。该制样方法对地质勘探找矿、矿床品位的评价起到关键作用,同时对镍钴矿床冶炼提供了重要的技术支持。Abstract: This paper describes a sample preparation method and the development of filter equipment for laterite nickel-cobalt ore analysis. Usually, for most of the laboratory, the preparation of lateritic nickel-cobalt ore sample is finely ground directly through the gravel, or further pulverized after throwing away the mineral gravel. Because the sample contains a certain proportion of gravel with amount of nickel and cobalt. With the traditional methods, it results in about 10% of lower grade for Ni and Co deposits. In this paper, laterite nickel-cobalt ore sample is dried and then thinly rolled, through the 2 mm standard screening, the on-sieve sample through 2 mm standard sieve is retained, the under-sieve sample is washed with water to remove the gravel. The on-sieve samples washed with water are dewatered, then dried by filtration equipment. The on-sieve and under-sieve samples are fully mixed, split with cone-fourth of the heap method, then grounded into particles with 74 μm (200 mesh) to get the analytical sample. The content of Ni and Co in sample prepared with this method is 7%-14% higher than the content obtained from traditional griding method. The sample preparation method is fast and secure with the advantage of high efficiency, no pollution and low cost. The data from prepared sample can accurately represent for the real content of Ni and Co in nickel-cobalt ore deposit. The preparation method can pay an important role in geological exploration and deposit evaluation, also can provide important technical support for smelting of nickel-cobalt deposit.