Element Flow Analysis of Tungsten and Molybdenum during Ammonium Paratungstate Production from Tungsten Ore by Alkali Decomposition
Rare Metals and Cemented Carbides | Vol., Issue 6, 2025 |
pp. 1-8
With the depletion of high-quality tungsten ore resources,molybdenum-rich tungsten ore has gradually become the main production raw material for tungsten smelting enterprises in China.However,tungsten and molybdenum have similar properties and exhibit similar reaction behaviors during tungsten ore smelting,which increases the difficulty of removing molybdenum in production and often leads to excessive molybdenum content in ammonium paratungstate(APT)products.Therefore,elucidating the migration laws of tungsten and molybdenum in the tungsten ore smelting process has profound significance.This article applies the element flow analysis method to track tungsten and molybdenum in the process of producing APT through alkaline decomposition of tungsten ore,revealing their distribution patterns in various materials.The results indicate that using a mixed concentrate of wolframite and scheelite as the raw material,the distribution ratios of W in dust,tungsten slag,dephosphorization slag,post-exchange solution,primary solution,molybdenum removal slag,crystallization mother liquor,and APT products are 0.01%,1.40%,1.97%,1.93%,0.95%,0.01%,2.34%,and 91.39%,respectively.The distribution ratios of Mo in tungsten slag,dephosphorization slag,molybdenum removal slag,and APT products are 79.88%,0.61%,15.24%,and 0.73%,respectively,while its distribution ratios in the post-exchange solution and crystallization mother liquor are 0.61% and 2.93%,respectively.
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